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

Morgana vs Tahm Kench

How to Beat Tahm Kench as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Tahm Kench as Morgana

based on 1,330 Morgana vs Tahm Kench matchups
Win Rate
52.6 %
K/D/A
2.44
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked LoL games every week. Within our dataset, Morgana engaged Tahm Kench 1330 times. Including so many games with Morgana versus Tahm Kench gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare enlightening stats and a pro build to suppress your rival. This pairing is somewhat rare. Morgana has to counter Tahm Kench in only 1.3% of her rounds.

Morgana vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary

Morgana does a good job of beating Tahm Kench. Typically, she wins a fantastic 52.6% of games the champs battle each other in. In Morgana vs Tahm Kench games, Morgana’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood against Tahm Kench.

Best Morgana vs Tahm Kench Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionSpellthief's Edge

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Liandry's AnguishShard of True IceDemonic Embrace

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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
InspirationPerfect TimingBiscuit Delivery
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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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Tahm Kench

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

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

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

Advice to Win Against Tahm Kench

When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!

Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.

Morgana vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
52.6 %
VS
Win Rate
47.4 %
Tahm Kench Image
3.1
< Kills >
4.6
6.2
< Deaths >
5.5
12
< Assists >
7.3
0.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.05
42
< Minions Killed >
113
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.43
846
< Physical Damage >
3,765
15,021
< Magic Damage >
13,491
767
< True Damage >
464
16,635
< Damage Dealt >
17,721
18,262
< Damage Taken >
37,703
8,893
< Gold Earned >
9,855
1.53
< Towers >
1.73
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
3,832
< Total Healing >
10,874
10,925
< Experience >
13,144
47
< Vision Score >
22
21
< Wards Placed >
10
137
< Time Dealing CC >
310

How to Counter Tahm Kench with Morgana in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some strategic Morgana against Tahm Kench counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Tahm Kench. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Morgana normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Tahm Kench

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Tahm Kench
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Tahm Kench

Who is Better, Morgana or Tahm Kench?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Morgana usually wins when facing off against Tahm Kench, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Morgana makes a good counter to Tahm Kench.

While Morgana does have a higher win rate compared to Tahm Kench, when they face off with one another, Morgana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Morgana into Tahm Kench.

Moreover, Morgana also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Tahm Kench 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 allied champions during teamfights.

Morgana is an above average counter for Tahm Kench. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Morgana against Tahm Kench.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Tahm Kench Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Tahm Kench as Morgana, we analyzed 1,330 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 Tahm Kench 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 truly master Morgana to counter Tahm Kench during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana on average racks up less CS compared to Tahm Kench. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Morgana versus Tahm Kench build include Liandry's Anguish, Shard of True Ice, and Demonic Embrace. When Morgana incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Tahm Kench than with most other typical builds. In fact, Morgana boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when countering Tahm Kench with this counter build.

To have the greatest chance of crushing Tahm Kench as Morgana, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Perfect Timing runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Morgana vs Tahm Kench counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.6% win rate overall.

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