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

Morgana vs Lucian

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

based on 10,688 Morgana vs Lucian matchups
Win Rate
52.7 %
K/D/A
2.69
Pick Rate
5.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we evaluate each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Lucian as Morgana resulted from an evaluation of 10688 ranked games where both champions battled one another. This matchup is somewhat uncommon. Morgana encounters Lucian in only 5.4% of her games.

Morgana vs Lucian Matchup Summary

Morgana does a good job of beating Lucian. Typically, she wins a fantastic 52.7% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Morgana against Lucian matches, Morgana’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Lucian.

Best Morgana vs Lucian Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeCosmic DriveLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

CryptbloomSolstice SleighStormsurgeHorizon Focus

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentTriple TonicBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Ability HasteAdaptive 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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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Lucian as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Lucian

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 Lucian

Lucian cannot change the aim of The Culling. Take advantage of this by avoiding the angle of the bullets.

Lucian has strong burst, but little sustained damage.

Piercing Light does not give Lucian extra Attack Range. He still needs to find a target in range to line up his shot. Avoid Piercing Light by anticipating the angle Lucian will choose.

Morgana vs Lucian Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
52.7 %
VS
Win Rate
47.3 %
Lucian Image
3.6
< Kills >
7.7
5.8
< Deaths >
6.4
12
< Assists >
6.3
0.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.79
53
< Minions Killed >
184
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.49
869
< Physical Damage >
19,434
15,211
< Magic Damage >
2,374
947
< True Damage >
499
17,027
< Damage Dealt >
22,308
20,916
< Damage Taken >
21,806
9,603
< Gold Earned >
12,499
1.73
< Towers >
2.23
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
4,485
< Total Healing >
5,274
11,569
< Experience >
12,970
53
< Vision Score >
19
23
< Wards Placed >
9
136
< Time Dealing CC >
38

How to Counter Lucian with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Morgana vs. Lucian counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lucian’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lucian. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Morgana often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Lucian. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Lucian

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Lucian
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Lucian

Who is Better, Morgana or Lucian?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Morgana usually wins when facing off against Lucian, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Morgana makes a good counter to Lucian.

While Morgana does have a higher winrate compared to Lucian, when on opposite teams, Morgana also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Morgana into Lucian.

Moreover, Morgana also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lucian. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Lucian 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 late stage team fights.

Morgana is a good counter for Lucian. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Morgana against Lucian.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Lucian Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lucian as Morgana, we analyzed 10,688 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 Lucian 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 to counter Lucian during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana often racks up a lot less CS relative to Lucian. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The best items to have in your Morgana versus Lucian build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Lucian than with most other common builds. In fact, Morgana boasted an average win rate of 52.7% when countering Lucian with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of defeating Lucian as Morgana, you should take the Glacial Augment, Triple Tonic, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Morgana vs Lucian face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.7% win rate overall.

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