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How to Win Nami vs Morgana Counter MatchupNami is in the a tier of champions

Nami vs Morgana

How to Beat Morgana as Nami in LoLNami is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Morgana as Nami

based on 5,351 Nami vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
3.17
Pick Rate
5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked LoL matches that we review every week. This guide on how to beat Morgana as Nami resulted from an examination of 5351 ranked matches where both champs faced off against one another. This particular counter matchup is somewhat uncommon. Nami is forced to battle against Morgana in only 5.0% of her rounds.

Nami vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nami has done a dismal job of beating Morgana. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.1% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Nami versus Morgana matches, Nami’s side is 0.0% more expected to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood versus Morgana.

Best Nami vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBandleglass Mirror

Core Nami Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongMikael's BlessingDream Maker

Optional Items

RedemptionArdent CenserImperial MandateSolstice Sleigh

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nami to level upw
>
Second ability for Nami to level upe
>
Last skill for Nami to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Nami's passive ability p
Nami's q ability q
Nami's w ability w
Nami's e ability e
Nami's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Morgana as Nami

Tips for Playing as Nami against Morgana

Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.

Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.

Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.

Advice to Win Against Morgana

Tormented Shadow deals tons of damage to units missing large amounts of Health. When low on Health, be wary of Morgana's attempts to trap you within its reach.

Black Shield makes Morgana immune to disabling effects, but can be broken with magic damage.

Morgana often needs to land Dark Binding to setup her other attacks. Use your minions as shields against Dark Binding.

Nami vs Morgana Counter Stats

Nami Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Morgana Image
1.7
< Kills >
3.4
5.3
< Deaths >
5.7
15.1
< Assists >
11.3
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
0.73
24
< Minions Killed >
54
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.47
874
< Physical Damage >
818
8,130
< Magic Damage >
15,039
598
< True Damage >
939
9,603
< Damage Dealt >
16,798
16,974
< Damage Taken >
20,796
8,513
< Gold Earned >
9,524
2.16
< Towers >
1.73
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
10,511
< Total Healing >
4,476
10,946
< Experience >
11,452
57
< Vision Score >
53
24
< Wards Placed >
23
190
< Time Dealing CC >
132

How to Counter Morgana with Nami in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some strategic Nami against Morgana matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Morgana’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Morgana..

Nami typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Morgana. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nami and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Nami
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nami
Morgana

Who is Better, Nami or Morgana?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually fairs equally well when playing against Morgana, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Nami makes an ok counter to Morgana.

While Nami does have a lower win rate than Morgana, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Morgana.

Additionally, Nami has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Morgana. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nami vs Morgana matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Nami is a somewhat poor counter to Morgana. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nami against Morgana.

Additional Information for Nami Players

How We Calculated Our Nami vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Nami, we analyzed 5,351 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 Morgana as Nami 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 Nami to counter Morgana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nami on average gets less CS as Morgana. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Nami versus Morgana build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Mikael's Blessing, and Dream Maker. When Nami included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Morgana than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Nami boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when countering Morgana with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating Morgana as Nami, Nami players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Nami vs Morgana face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Morgana as Nami are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.