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

Morgana vs Riven

How to Beat Riven as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Riven as Morgana

based on 5,261 Morgana vs Riven matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.7
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Riven as Morgana resulted from an analysis of 5261 ranked games where both champions engaged one another. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Morgana has to counter Riven in only 2.6% of her games.

Morgana vs Riven Matchup Summary

Morgana does a good job of beating Riven. Typically, she wins a fantastic 52.4% of the time the champions face off with each other in. In Morgana vs Riven rounds, Morgana’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that she probably will get first blood versus Riven.

Best Morgana vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

StormsurgeRylai's Crystal ScepterDream MakerHorizon 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
>
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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Q
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W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Riven as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Riven

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 Riven

All of Riven's damage is physical, prioritize high Armor if an opposing Riven gets out of control.

Riven has a great deal of mobility but she cannot move very far with any one skill. Rooting or silencing her during her combo will greatly reduce her effectiveness.

Riven excels at dueling multiple melee attackers at once, as she will be on an almost equal footing damage-wise. If pairing up against Riven, don't go in as double melee until she has expended her full combo.

Morgana vs Riven Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Riven Image
3.5
< Kills >
6.9
5.7
< Deaths >
6.1
11.9
< Assists >
4.6
0.76
< Killing Sprees >
1.54
52
< Minions Killed >
174
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.42
832
< Physical Damage >
18,955
14,172
< Magic Damage >
52
937
< True Damage >
1,129
15,941
< Damage Dealt >
20,136
20,635
< Damage Taken >
25,426
9,487
< Gold Earned >
12,095
1.73
< Towers >
2.11
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,358
< Total Healing >
5,478
11,366
< Experience >
15,038
53
< Vision Score >
16
23
< Wards Placed >
8
132
< Time Dealing CC >
127

How to Counter Riven with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore some valuable Morgana vs. Riven counter statistics that can help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Riven’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Riven. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Morgana normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Riven. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Riven

Who is Better, Morgana or Riven?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Morgana usually wins when taking on Riven, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Morgana makes a good counter to Riven.

While Morgana does have a higher winrate compared to Riven, when on opposite teams, Morgana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Morgana into Riven.

Furthermore, Morgana has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Riven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Riven matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Morgana is an above average counter to Riven. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Morgana against Riven.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Riven Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Riven as Morgana, we analyzed 5,261 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 Riven 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Morgana to counter Riven during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana usually racks up a lot less CS as Riven. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Morgana versus Riven build consist of Cryptbloom, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs. Riven than with many other typical builds. In fact, Morgana had an average winrate of 52.4% when countering Riven with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Riven as Morgana, you should use 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 players picked for Morgana vs Riven clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.

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