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

Morgana vs Taliyah

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

based on 1,883 Morgana vs Taliyah matchups
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
2.67
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Taliyah as Morgana came out of an evaluation of 1883 ranked rounds where both champions faced one another. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Morgana has to counter Taliyah in only 0.9% of her matches.

Morgana vs Taliyah Matchup Summary

Morgana does a good job of countering Taliyah. Normally, she wins a fantastic 53.4% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Morgana vs Taliyah matches, Morgana’s side is 0.1% more probable to get first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Taliyah.

Best Morgana vs Taliyah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeHorizon FocusLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterCryptbloomLuden's CompanionImperial Mandate

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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 ForceArmor
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 Taliyah as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Taliyah

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 Taliyah

When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.

Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!

Morgana vs Taliyah Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
Taliyah Image
3.6
< Kills >
6.1
5.8
< Deaths >
6.6
11.9
< Assists >
8.1
0.79
< Killing Sprees >
1.38
54
< Minions Killed >
124
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.54
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.43
815
< Physical Damage >
787
15,175
< Magic Damage >
20,995
921
< True Damage >
1,155
16,912
< Damage Dealt >
22,938
21,132
< Damage Taken >
21,990
9,631
< Gold Earned >
12,185
1.65
< Towers >
1.64
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.14
4,636
< Total Healing >
4,495
11,612
< Experience >
14,479
54
< Vision Score >
22
23
< Wards Placed >
9
134
< Time Dealing CC >
550

How to Counter Taliyah with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Morgana vs. Taliyah matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Taliyah..

Morgana normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Taliyah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Morgana and Taliyah

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Taliyah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Taliyah

Who is Better, Morgana or Taliyah?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Morgana usually wins when facing off against Taliyah, with a 53.4% win rate. Therefore, Morgana makes a great counter for Taliyah.

While Morgana does have a higher winrate compared to Taliyah, when they face off with one another, Morgana also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Morgana into Taliyah.

Additionally, Morgana also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Taliyah 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 teammates during teamfights.

Morgana is a great counter for Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Morgana against Taliyah.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Taliyah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taliyah as Morgana, we analyzed 1,883 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 Taliyah 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Morgana in order to counter Taliyah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana on average picks up less CS compared to Taliyah. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Morgana versus Taliyah build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Taliyah than with many other common item sets. In fact, Morgana boasted an average winrate of 53.4% when playing against Taliyah with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Taliyah as Morgana, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Morgana vs Taliyah counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Taliyah as Morgana are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.