Morgana vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Morgana
based on 8,345 Morgana vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Morgana vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Morgana vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Morgana
Tips for Playing as Morgana against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Morgana vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Morgana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several influential Morgana versus Xerath counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between the two. For instance, Morgana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Morgana may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Xerath..
Morgana often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives more damage than Xerath. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Morgana and Xerath
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Who is Better, Morgana or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Morgana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Xerath, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Morgana makes an ok counter to Xerath.
While Morgana does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when on opposite teams, Morgana also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Morgana into Xerath.
Furthermore, Morgana has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Morgana vs Xerath matchups, Xerath 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 somewhat poor counter for Xerath. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Morgana against Xerath.
Other Champion Matchups Against Morgana
Additional Information for Morgana Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Morgana in order to counter Xerath 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Morgana often racks up less CS relative to Xerath. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Morgana versus Xerath build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Morgana bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Xerath than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Morgana boasted an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Xerath with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Xerath as Morgana, Morgana players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Morgana vs Xerath fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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