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How to Win Morgana vs Vel'Koz Counter MatchupMorgana is in the b tier of champions

Morgana vs Vel'Koz

How to Beat Vel'Koz as Morgana in LoLMorgana is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Vel'Koz as Morgana

based on 4,326 Morgana vs Vel'Koz matchups
Win Rate
50.5 %
K/D/A
2.54
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League rounds that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Vel'Koz as Morgana came out of an examination of 4326 ranked games where both champions fought one another. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Morgana has to counter Vel'Koz in only 2.2% of her games.

Morgana vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary

Morgana does a average job of countering Vel'Koz. On average, she wins a acceptable 50.5% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Morgana versus Vel'Koz rounds, Morgana’s team is 0.1% more likely to earn first blood, implying that she most likely will get first blood against Vel'Koz.

Best Morgana vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomZhonya's HourglassLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterHorizon FocusSolstice SleighMorellonomicon

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
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Vel'Koz

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 Vel'Koz

Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.

Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.

Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.

Morgana vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
50.5 %
VS
Win Rate
49.5 %
Vel'Koz Image
3.8
< Kills >
5.5
6.1
< Deaths >
6.4
11.7
< Assists >
8.9
0.82
< Killing Sprees >
1.25
57
< Minions Killed >
90
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.44
771
< Physical Damage >
559
15,618
< Magic Damage >
18,423
990
< True Damage >
5,839
17,379
< Damage Dealt >
24,822
22,906
< Damage Taken >
18,886
9,889
< Gold Earned >
10,615
1.6
< Towers >
1.68
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
4,987
< Total Healing >
1,839
12,106
< Experience >
12,790
53
< Vision Score >
44
23
< Wards Placed >
20
132
< Time Dealing CC >
204

How to Counter Vel'Koz with Morgana in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight some critical Morgana vs. Vel'Koz counter stats that may help us understand the differences between the two. Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..

Morgana usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Morgana and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Vel'Koz

Who is Better, Morgana or Vel'Koz?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Morgana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vel'Koz, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Morgana makes an ok counter for Vel'Koz.

While Morgana does have a higher win rate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Morgana also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Morgana into Vel'Koz.

Additionally, Morgana also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Morgana is a decent counter to Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Morgana against Vel'Koz.

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 Vel'Koz Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vel'Koz as Morgana, we analyzed 4,326 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 Vel'Koz 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 Vel'Koz Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Morgana in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana often picks up less CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Morgana versus Vel'Koz build include Cryptbloom, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Vel'Koz than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Morgana had an average win rate of 50.5% battling Vel'Koz with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Vel'Koz as Morgana, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Morgana vs Vel'Koz matchups, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.

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