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

Morgana vs Xayah

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

based on 3,070 Morgana vs Xayah matchups
Win Rate
53.4 %
K/D/A
2.98
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated League matches that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Xayah as Morgana resulted from an examination of 3070 ranked rounds where both champions battled one another. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Morgana has to counter Xayah in only 1.5% of her games.

Morgana vs Xayah Matchup Summary

Morgana does a good job of countering Xayah. Normally, she wins a whopping 53.4% of the time the champions face each other in. In Morgana against Xayah rounds, Morgana’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood versus Xayah.

Best Morgana vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassMorellonomiconZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterSolstice SleighLuden's CompanionMalignance

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 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
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Morgana

Tips for Playing as Morgana against Xayah

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 Xayah

Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.

Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!

Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.

Morgana vs Xayah Counter Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
53.4 %
VS
Win Rate
46.6 %
Xayah Image
3.8
< Kills >
6.5
5.4
< Deaths >
6.2
12.3
< Assists >
6.4
0.83
< Killing Sprees >
1.51
55
< Minions Killed >
179
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.29
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.49
889
< Physical Damage >
20,173
15,988
< Magic Damage >
380
1,012
< True Damage >
390
17,890
< Damage Dealt >
20,943
20,771
< Damage Taken >
21,268
9,710
< Gold Earned >
12,028
1.77
< Towers >
2.23
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.1
4,625
< Total Healing >
5,112
11,755
< Experience >
12,956
52
< Vision Score >
18
22
< Wards Placed >
9
139
< Time Dealing CC >
51

How to Counter Xayah with Morgana in LoL

The stats shown here show some vital Morgana versus Xayah counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xayah. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Morgana normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Xayah. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Morgana and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Morgana
Xayah

Who is Better, Morgana or Xayah?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Morgana usually wins when taking on Xayah, with a 53.4% win rate. Therefore, Morgana makes a great counter for Xayah.

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

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Xayah 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 a great counter for Xayah. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Morgana against Xayah.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana vs Xayah Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Xayah as Morgana, we analyzed 3,070 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 Xayah 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 Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Morgana often gets a lot less CS compared to Xayah. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.

The most important items to have in your Morgana versus Xayah build consist of Zhonya's Hourglass, Morellonomicon, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Morgana combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Xayah than with many other common builds. In fact, Morgana had an average win rate of 53.4% when playing against Xayah with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Xayah as Morgana, Morgana players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Morgana vs Xayah fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.4% winrate overall.

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