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How to Win Maokai vs Morgana Counter MatchupMaokai is in the s tier of champions

Maokai vs Morgana

How to Beat Morgana as Maokai in LoLMaokai is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Morgana as Maokai

based on 8,028 Maokai vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.5
Pick Rate
5.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Morgana as Maokai came out of an evaluation of 8028 ranked games where both champs engaged one another. This champion matchup is relatively uncommon. Maokai fights Morgana in only 5.2% of his games.

Maokai vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Maokai does a average job of countering Morgana. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.2% of matches the champs face each other in. In Maokai against Morgana matches, Maokai’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't be able to get first blood against Morgana.

Best Maokai vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalBoots of Swiftness

Core Maokai Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Knight's VowDead Man's PlateLocket of the Iron SolariSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Maokai to level upq
>
Second ability for Maokai to level upw
>
Last skill for Maokai to max oute

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
InspirationHextech FlashtraptionCosmic Insight
Ability HasteMove SpeedHealth
Maokai's passive ability p
Maokai's q ability q
Maokai's w ability w
Maokai's e ability e
Maokai's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Maokai

Tips for Playing as Maokai against Morgana

Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.

Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.

Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.

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.

Maokai vs Morgana Counter Stats

Maokai Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Morgana Image
2.8
< Kills >
3.8
6
< Deaths >
5.9
12.2
< Assists >
12.4
0.56
< Killing Sprees >
0.83
50
< Minions Killed >
53
0.31
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,703
< Physical Damage >
1,001
10,905
< Magic Damage >
16,625
1,010
< True Damage >
1,072
13,618
< Damage Dealt >
18,699
30,388
< Damage Taken >
21,437
9,399
< Gold Earned >
9,684
1.37
< Towers >
1.65
0.08
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
9,768
< Total Healing >
4,607
11,700
< Experience >
11,549
45
< Vision Score >
53
18
< Wards Placed >
23
423
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Morgana with Maokai in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several influential Maokai against Morgana counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Morgana..

Maokai usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Morgana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Maokai and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Maokai
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Maokai
Morgana

Who is Better, Maokai or Morgana?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually fairs equally well when taking on Morgana, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes an ok counter for Morgana.

While Maokai does have a higher win rate compared to Morgana, when on opposite teams, Maokai also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Maokai into Morgana.

Furthermore, Maokai has a lot 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Morgana matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Maokai is a decent counter for Morgana. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Maokai against Morgana.

Other Champion Matchups Against Maokai

Maokai Loses Against

SwainSwain47.6% winrateLilliaLillia48.1% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser48.4% winrateNilahNilah48.4% winrate

Maokai Wins Against

ZeriZeri59.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee59.1% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc57.8% winrateYuumiYuumi57.7% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

MordekaiserMordekaiser+ 56.1% 8797 GamesBrandBrand+ 56.5% 6844 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 57.2% 24108 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.5% 8067 Games

Additional Information for Maokai Players

How We Calculated Our Maokai vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Maokai, we analyzed 8,028 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 Maokai 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.

Other Useful Resources

Maokai Build Morgana Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Maokai in order to counter Morgana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Maokai most often gets a similar amount of CS as Morgana. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Maokai versus Morgana build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Morgana than with many other typical builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 50.2% battling Morgana with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Morgana as Maokai, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Maokai vs Morgana matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Morgana as Maokai are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.