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How to Win Jax vs Morgana Counter MatchupJax is in the a tier of champions

Jax vs Morgana

How to Beat Morgana as Jax in LoLJax is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Morgana as Jax

based on 13,958 Jax vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
1.77
Pick Rate
5.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of ranked LoL rounds that we analyze each week. Our guide on how to beat Morgana as Jax resulted from an analysis of 13958 ranked matches where both champs clashed against each other. This pairing is fairly uncommon. Jax is forced to battle against Morgana in only 5.3% of his rounds.

Jax vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Jax does a dismal job of countering Morgana. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.1% of games the champions clash against one another in. In Jax against Morgana games, Jax’s side is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Morgana.

Best Jax vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PhageSheen

Core Jax Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelSterak's GageSundered Sky

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinHullbreakerJak'Sho, The ProteanDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Jax to level upw
>
Second ability for Jax to level upe
>
Last skill for Jax to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Jax's passive ability p
Jax's q ability q
Jax's w ability w
Jax's e ability e
Jax's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Morgana as Jax

Tips for Playing as Jax against Morgana

Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.

Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.

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.

Jax vs Morgana Counter Stats

Jax Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Morgana Image
6.5
< Kills >
3.7
6.6
< Deaths >
5.7
5.2
< Assists >
12
1.49
< Killing Sprees >
0.83
115
< Minions Killed >
54
0.69
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.47
12,208
< Physical Damage >
848
7,679
< Magic Damage >
15,352
666
< True Damage >
1,001
20,554
< Damage Dealt >
17,203
30,936
< Damage Taken >
21,042
12,048
< Gold Earned >
9,699
2.06
< Towers >
1.73
0.16
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
9,241
< Total Healing >
4,493
14,623
< Experience >
11,663
20
< Vision Score >
52
9
< Wards Placed >
23
193
< Time Dealing CC >
135

How to Counter Morgana with Jax in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some strategic Jax against Morgana matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Jax’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jax may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Morgana..

Jax typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Morgana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Jax and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Jax
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jax
Morgana

Who is Better, Jax or Morgana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jax usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Morgana, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Jax makes an ok counter to Morgana.

While Jax does have a lower winrate than Morgana, when they face off with one another, Jax also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Jax into Morgana.

Additionally, Jax also has some 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 Jax vs Morgana matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Jax is a somewhat poor counter for Morgana. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Jax against Morgana.

Additional Information for Jax Players

How We Calculated Our Jax vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Jax, we analyzed 13,958 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 Jax 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 Jax to counter Morgana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jax typically racks up more CS compared to Morgana. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Jax versus Morgana build consist of Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Sundered Sky. When Jax bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Morgana than with most other common builds. In fact, Jax boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when countering Morgana with this build.

To have the highest probability of defeating Morgana as Jax, you should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Jax vs Morgana clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.

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