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

Morgana vs Akali

How to Beat Akali as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Akali as Morgana

based on 11,929 Morgana vs Akali matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
2.62
Pick Rate
6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our database, Morgana fought Akali 11929 times. Having so many games with Morgana vs Akali provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare informative statistics and a solid build to wreck your opponent. This particular counter pairing is fairly uncommon. Morgana is forced to battle against Akali in only 6.0% of her matches.

Morgana vs Akali Matchup Summary

Morgana does a good job of beating Akali. On average, she wins a fantastic 52.3% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Morgana vs Akali rounds, Morgana’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Akali.

Best Morgana vs Akali Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassCosmic DriveLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Solstice SleighHorizon FocusStormsurgeRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Morgana to level upq
>
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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Guide to Countering Akali as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Akali

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 Akali

Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.

Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.

Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.

Morgana vs Akali Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Akali Image
3.7
< Kills >
9
6
< Deaths >
6.2
12
< Assists >
5
0.78
< Killing Sprees >
2.05
54
< Minions Killed >
153
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.35
896
< Physical Damage >
1,355
15,646
< Magic Damage >
21,552
989
< True Damage >
780
17,532
< Damage Dealt >
23,687
21,336
< Damage Taken >
27,564
9,687
< Gold Earned >
11,783
1.69
< Towers >
1.4
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,365
< Total Healing >
3,405
11,688
< Experience >
14,584
52
< Vision Score >
18
23
< Wards Placed >
8
135
< Time Dealing CC >
71

How to Counter Akali with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several strategic Morgana against Akali counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champions. Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Akali. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Morgana typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Akali

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Akali
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Akali

Who is Better, Morgana or Akali?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Morgana usually wins when playing against Akali, with a 52.3% win rate. As a result, Morgana makes a good counter to Akali.

While Morgana does have a higher win rate compared to Akali, when facing one another, Morgana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Morgana into Akali.

Additionally, Morgana has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Morgana is a good counter to Akali. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Morgana against Akali.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Akali Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Akali as Morgana, we analyzed 11,929 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 Akali 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 learn all of the intricacies of Morgana in order to counter Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana most often gets less CS compared to Akali. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Morgana versus Akali build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs Akali than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Morgana had an average win rate of 52.3% when countering Akali with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of beating Akali as Morgana, Morgana players should equip 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 players chose for Morgana vs Akali battles, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akali as Morgana are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.