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How to Win Morgana vs Tahm Kench Counter MatchupMorgana is in the b tier of champions

Morgana vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Morgana

based on 4,745 Morgana vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.69
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. Within our database, Morgana faced Tahm Kench in 4745 matches. Using so many matchups for Morgana versus Tahm Kench gives us faith in our capacity to prepare useful data and a solid build to annihilate your opponent. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Morgana encounters Tahm Kench in only 2.4% of her rounds.

Morgana vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Morgana has done a dismal job of beating Tahm Kench. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.0% of matches the champions fight one another in. In Morgana versus Tahm Kench rounds, Morgana’s team is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Tahm Kench.

Best Morgana vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandAmplifying Tome

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeImperial MandateLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

CryptbloomSolstice SleighHorizon FocusZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Morgana to level upq
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Second ability for Morgana to level upw
>
Last skill for Morgana to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationTriple TonicBiscuit Delivery
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Morgana's passive ability p
Morgana's q ability q
Morgana's w ability w
Morgana's e ability e
Morgana's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Tahm Kench

Tormented Shadow is an excellent farming tool if you're by yourself in a lane.

Shrewd use of Black Shield can determine the outcome of team fights.

Items that provide survivability allow Morgana to become extremely difficult to kill in conjunction with Black Shield and Soul Shackles.

Advice to Win Against Tahm Kench

When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!

Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.

Morgana vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Tahm Kench Image
3.6
< Kills >
5
5.8
< Deaths >
5.3
12
< Assists >
8
0.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.12
53
< Minions Killed >
120
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.45
984
< Physical Damage >
3,990
17,466
< Magic Damage >
15,111
1,010
< True Damage >
733
19,461
< Damage Dealt >
19,834
21,298
< Damage Taken >
40,946
9,554
< Gold Earned >
10,509
1.64
< Towers >
1.98
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,650
< Total Healing >
12,074
11,414
< Experience >
13,574
51
< Vision Score >
25
22
< Wards Placed >
12
147
< Time Dealing CC >
292

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Morgana vs. Tahm Kench matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Tahm Kench’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Morgana often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Tahm Kench. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Morgana and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Morgana or Tahm Kench?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Morgana usually fairs equally well when playing against Tahm Kench, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Morgana makes an ok counter for Tahm Kench.

While Morgana does have a lower winrate compared to Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Morgana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Morgana into Tahm Kench.

Furthermore, Morgana also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Morgana is a somewhat poor counter to Tahm Kench. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Morgana against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Morgana, we analyzed 4,745 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Tahm Kench as Morgana comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Morgana in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana typically picks up less CS as Tahm Kench. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Morgana versus Tahm Kench build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Imperial Mandate, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana used at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Tahm Kench than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Morgana boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Tahm Kench with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Tahm Kench as Morgana, Morgana players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Triple Tonic, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Morgana vs Tahm Kench face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Tahm Kench as Morgana are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.