Background Image
How to Win Morgana vs Leona Counter MatchupMorgana is in the b tier of champions

Morgana vs Leona

How to Beat Leona as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the s tier of champions
MageSupport
TankSupport

How to Beat Leona as Morgana

based on 8,230 Morgana vs Leona matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.8
Pick Rate
4.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we review each week. This guide on how to beat Leona as Morgana resulted from an examination of 8230 ranked matches where both champions battled each other. This champion pairing is relatively uncommon. Morgana fights Leona in only 4.1% of her matches.

Morgana vs Leona Matchup Summary

Morgana has done a decent job of beating Leona. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.4% of matches the champs face off with each other in. In Morgana vs Leona games, Morgana’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Leona.

Best Morgana vs Leona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandAmplifying Tome

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongZhonya's HourglassZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterHorizon FocusImperial MandateLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Morgana to level upq
>
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
9
Q
10
W
11
W
12
R
13
W
14
E
15
E
16
E

Guide to Countering Leona as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Leona

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 Leona

When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.

Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.

Morgana vs Leona Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Leona Image
3.7
< Kills >
2
5.9
< Deaths >
6.3
12.8
< Assists >
12.9
0.82
< Killing Sprees >
0.33
51
< Minions Killed >
32
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.41
990
< Physical Damage >
2,763
15,844
< Magic Damage >
6,072
1,071
< True Damage >
957
17,906
< Damage Dealt >
9,792
20,547
< Damage Taken >
23,911
9,647
< Gold Earned >
8,505
1.73
< Towers >
1.42
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,159
< Total Healing >
2,785
11,444
< Experience >
10,667
53
< Vision Score >
54
23
< Wards Placed >
23
142
< Time Dealing CC >
213

How to Counter Leona with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several vital Morgana against Leona counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the two. Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Leona..

Morgana normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Leona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Leona

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Leona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Leona

Who is Better, Morgana or Leona?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Morgana usually wins when facing off against Leona, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Morgana makes a good counter for Leona.

While Morgana does have a higher winrate than Leona, when facing one another, Morgana also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Morgana into Leona.

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Leona matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Morgana is a decent counter for Leona. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Morgana against Leona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Morgana

Morgana Loses Against

TrundleTrundle47.3% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.6% winrateNaafiriNaafiri47.7% winrateTeemoTeemo47.8% winrate

Morgana Wins Against

YuumiYuumi57.6% winrateZoeZoe56.9% winrateSkarnerSkarner56% winrateLuluLulu55.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

LilliaLillia+ 54.7% 10020 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 54.9% 13279 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 54.9% 28467 GamesFizzFizz+ 55% 9411 Games

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Leona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Leona as Morgana, we analyzed 8,230 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 Leona 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.

Other Useful Resources

Morgana Build Leona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Morgana to counter Leona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana most often racks up more CS as Leona. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Morgana versus Leona build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Morgana included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Leona than with many other common item sets. In fact, Morgana boasted an average winrate of 51.4% when playing against Leona with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Leona as Morgana, Morgana players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Triple Tonic, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Morgana vs Leona counter picks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.

If you need to get Morgana vs Leona tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. By default, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using all rounds with data with both champs.