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How to Win Morgana vs Alistar Counter MatchupMorgana is in the b tier of champions

Morgana vs Alistar

How to Beat Alistar as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Alistar as Morgana

based on 2,767 Morgana vs Alistar matchups
Win Rate
53.6 %
K/D/A
2.96
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our dataset, Morgana fought Alistar in 2767 games. With so many matchups for Morgana versus Alistar gives us a lot of faith in our ability to produce useful statistics and a supported build to crush Alistar. This champ pairing is relatively rare. Morgana has to counter Alistar in only 1.4% of her rounds.

Morgana vs Alistar Matchup Summary

Morgana has done a good job of countering Alistar. On average, she wins a fantastic 53.6% of games the champions face off with each other in. In Morgana versus Alistar games, Morgana’s team is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Alistar.

Best Morgana vs Alistar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeHorizon FocusLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Solstice SleighMalignanceCryptbloomShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationTriple TonicBiscuit Delivery
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Morgana's passive ability p
Morgana's q ability q
Morgana's w ability w
Morgana's e ability e
Morgana's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Alistar

Tormented Shadow is an excellent farming tool if you're by yourself in a lane.

Shrewd use of Black Shield can determine the outcome of team fights.

Items that provide survivability allow Morgana to become extremely difficult to kill in conjunction with Black Shield and Soul Shackles.

Advice to Win Against Alistar

Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.

When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.

Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.

Morgana vs Alistar Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
53.6 %
VS
Win Rate
46.4 %
Alistar Image
3.8
< Kills >
2.1
5.6
< Deaths >
6.5
12.8
< Assists >
12.8
0.84
< Killing Sprees >
0.36
50
< Minions Killed >
34
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,065
< Physical Damage >
1,350
16,534
< Magic Damage >
6,592
1,083
< True Damage >
892
18,683
< Damage Dealt >
8,834
20,187
< Damage Taken >
27,146
9,595
< Gold Earned >
8,416
1.82
< Towers >
1.6
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,341
< Total Healing >
9,102
11,310
< Experience >
10,495
53
< Vision Score >
52
22
< Wards Placed >
23
146
< Time Dealing CC >
253

How to Counter Alistar with Morgana in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Morgana against Alistar matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Alistar..

Morgana typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Alistar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Morgana and Alistar

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Alistar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Alistar

Who is Better, Morgana or Alistar?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Morgana usually wins when trying to fight Alistar, with a 53.6% win rate. Thus, Morgana makes a great counter to Alistar.

While Morgana does have a higher winrate compared to Alistar, when they face off with one another, Morgana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Morgana into Alistar.

Additionally, Morgana also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Alistar matchups, Morgana is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Morgana is a great counter for Alistar. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Morgana against Alistar.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Alistar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Alistar as Morgana, we analyzed 2,767 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 Alistar as Morgana 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Morgana in order to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Alistar. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Morgana versus Alistar build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Alistar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Morgana boasted an average winrate of 53.6% when countering Alistar with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Alistar as Morgana, Morgana players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Triple Tonic, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Morgana vs Alistar counters, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Morgana are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.