Graves vs Morgana
How to Beat Morgana as Graves
based on 7,462 Graves vs Morgana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Morgana Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Morgana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Morgana
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Morgana Counter Stats
How to Counter Morgana with Graves in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some significant Graves vs. Morgana matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the pair. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Morgana. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Graves typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Morgana. This commonly 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 additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Morgana
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Who is Better, Graves or Morgana?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Graves usually wins when trying to fight Morgana, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Graves makes a good counter to Morgana.
While Graves does have a higher winrate than Morgana, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Graves into Morgana.
Additionally, Graves has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Morgana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Morgana matchups, Graves is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Graves is a decent counter to Morgana. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Morgana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Graves to counter Morgana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Morgana. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Graves versus Morgana build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Graves bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Morgana than with many other common item sets. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 51.1% when playing against Morgana with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Morgana as Graves, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Graves vs Morgana matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Morgana as Graves are presented for all skill levels, merged. To filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.