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How to Win Darius vs Morgana Counter MatchupDarius is in the b tier of champions

Darius vs Morgana

How to Beat Morgana as Darius in LoLDarius is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Morgana as Darius

based on 6,765 Darius vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
46.7 %
K/D/A
1.73
Pick Rate
5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our data, Darius battled Morgana 6765 times. Having so many games with Darius versus Morgana provides us faith in our capacity to produce useful data and a supported build to defeat your rival. This particular champ matchup is somewhat uncommon. Darius is forced to battle against Morgana in only 5.0% of his matches.

Darius vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Darius does a terrible job of countering Morgana. On average, he wins a lowly 46.7% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Darius versus Morgana rounds, Darius’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will get first blood versus Morgana.

Best Darius vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Darius Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernSterak's GageTrinity Force

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateDeath's DanceForce of NatureBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Darius to level upq
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Second ability for Darius to level upe
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Last skill for Darius to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryNimbus CloakCelerity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Darius's passive ability p
Darius's q ability q
Darius's w ability w
Darius's e ability e
Darius's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Darius

Tips for Playing as Darius against Morgana

Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.

Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.

Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.

Advice to Win Against Morgana

Tormented Shadow deals tons of damage to units missing large amounts of Health. When low on Health, be wary of Morgana's attempts to trap you within its reach.

Black Shield makes Morgana immune to disabling effects, but can be broken with magic damage.

Morgana often needs to land Dark Binding to setup her other attacks. Use your minions as shields against Dark Binding.

Darius vs Morgana Counter Stats

Darius Image
Win Rate
46.7 %
VS
Win Rate
53.3 %
Morgana Image
6.8
< Kills >
3.6
6.4
< Deaths >
5.7
4.3
< Assists >
12
1.55
< Killing Sprees >
0.8
164
< Minions Killed >
53
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,504
< Physical Damage >
858
89
< Magic Damage >
15,531
3,799
< True Damage >
997
20,392
< Damage Dealt >
17,388
33,037
< Damage Taken >
21,092
11,908
< Gold Earned >
9,612
2.2
< Towers >
1.74
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,985
< Total Healing >
4,493
14,709
< Experience >
11,570
17
< Vision Score >
52
8
< Wards Placed >
23
169
< Time Dealing CC >
133

How to Counter Morgana with Darius in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Darius against Morgana counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Morgana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Morgana. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Darius normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Morgana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Darius and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Darius
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Darius
Morgana

Who is Better, Darius or Morgana?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Darius usually loses when playing against Morgana, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Darius makes a bad counter for Morgana.

While Darius does have a lower winrate compared to Morgana, when facing one another, Darius also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Darius into Morgana.

Additionally, Darius has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Morgana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Darius vs Morgana matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Darius is a trash counter for Morgana. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Darius against Morgana.

Additional Information for Darius Players

How We Calculated Our Darius vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Darius, we analyzed 6,765 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 Morgana as Darius 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 Darius in order to counter Morgana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Darius usually gets much more CS compared to Morgana. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Darius versus Morgana build include Kaenic Rookern, Sterak's Gage, and Trinity Force. When Darius combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Morgana than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 46.7% battling Morgana with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Morgana as Darius, Darius players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Darius vs Morgana counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.7% winrate overall.

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