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How to Win Kayle vs Morgana Counter MatchupKayle is in the s tier of champions

Kayle vs Morgana

How to Beat Morgana as Kayle in LoLKayle is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Morgana as Kayle

based on 6,055 Kayle vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
51.1 %
K/D/A
1.9
Pick Rate
5.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Morgana as Kayle came out of an analysis of 6055 ranked games where both champs fought each other. This particular pairing is relatively uncommon. Kayle has to counter Morgana in only 5.4% of her matches.

Kayle vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Kayle does a decent job of countering Morgana. Typically, she wins a acceptable 51.1% of games the champs battle each other in. In Kayle versus Morgana matches, Kayle’s team is 0.1% less expected to get first blood. This implies that she most likely won't get first blood against Morgana.

Best Kayle vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
CullHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowBerserker's Greaves

Core Kayle Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Lich BaneRylai's Crystal ScepterVoid StaffShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryAbsolute FocusGathering Storm
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kayle's passive ability p
Kayle's q ability q
Kayle's w ability w
Kayle's e ability e
Kayle's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Kayle

Tips for Playing as Kayle against Morgana

Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.

Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.

Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.

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.

Kayle vs Morgana Counter Stats

Kayle Image
Win Rate
51.1 %
VS
Win Rate
48.9 %
Morgana Image
5.7
< Kills >
3.6
6
< Deaths >
5.7
5.7
< Assists >
11.7
1.32
< Killing Sprees >
0.78
193
< Minions Killed >
53
0.12
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.51
7,110
< Physical Damage >
841
13,844
< Magic Damage >
14,778
533
< True Damage >
880
21,488
< Damage Dealt >
16,499
23,839
< Damage Taken >
20,851
12,555
< Gold Earned >
9,620
2.7
< Towers >
1.77
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,488
< Total Healing >
4,532
15,741
< Experience >
11,527
17
< Vision Score >
51
9
< Wards Placed >
22
241
< Time Dealing CC >
134

How to Counter Morgana with Kayle in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital Kayle against Morgana counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the two. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Morgana..

Kayle usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Morgana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kayle and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Kayle
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kayle
Morgana

Who is Better, Kayle or Morgana?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when facing off against Morgana, with a 51.1% win rate. As a result, Kayle makes a good counter for Morgana.

While Kayle does have a higher win rate than Morgana, when facing one another, Kayle also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kayle into Morganaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Kayle also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Morgana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Kayle vs Morgana matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Kayle is a decent counter for Morgana. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayle against Morgana.

Additional Information for Kayle Players

How We Calculated Our Kayle vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Kayle, we analyzed 6,055 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 Kayle 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 Kayle to counter Morgana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kayle most often accumulates much more CS relative to Morgana. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Kayle versus Morgana build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Kayle included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Morgana than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayle had an average winrate of 51.1% battling Morgana with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Morgana as Kayle, Kayle players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Kayle vs Morgana battles, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Morgana as Kayle are given for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.