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How to Win Nidalee vs Morgana Counter MatchupNidalee is in the b tier of champions

Nidalee vs Morgana

How to Beat Morgana as Nidalee in LoLNidalee is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Morgana as Nidalee

based on 1,347 Nidalee vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
45.6 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
5.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Morgana as Nidalee came out of an analysis of 1347 ranked games where both champs opposed one another. This champion matchup is relatively uncommon. Nidalee encounters Morgana in only 5.2% of her matches.

Nidalee vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nidalee has done a awful job of beating Morgana. On average, she wins a lowly 45.6% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Nidalee versus Morgana rounds, Nidalee’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood against Morgana.

Best Nidalee vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Nidalee Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLuden's CompanionVoid StaffZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nidalee to level upq
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Second ability for Nidalee to level upe
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Last skill for Nidalee to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nidalee's passive ability p
Nidalee's q ability q
Nidalee's w ability w
Nidalee's e ability e
Nidalee's ultimate ability r
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Nidalee

Tips for Playing as Nidalee against Morgana

Use brush to your advantage! Moving in and out of brush can heavily alter your effectiveness in battle.

Start team fights by harassing with your Javelin Toss, and then switch to cougar form to chase down Hunted targets.

Bushwhack traps deal damage based on their victim's current Health. Set them up in your team's backline before fights break out during sieges to help your team deal damage to the enemy frontline.

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.

Nidalee vs Morgana Counter Stats

Nidalee Image
Win Rate
45.6 %
VS
Win Rate
54.4 %
Morgana Image
7.1
< Kills >
3.6
6.4
< Deaths >
6
7.4
< Assists >
11.7
1.63
< Killing Sprees >
0.76
44
< Minions Killed >
54
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,221
< Physical Damage >
843
17,286
< Magic Damage >
15,393
932
< True Damage >
948
19,440
< Damage Dealt >
17,185
31,703
< Damage Taken >
21,837
11,658
< Gold Earned >
9,718
1.53
< Towers >
1.71
0.23
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
16,273
< Total Healing >
4,757
13,344
< Experience >
11,603
25
< Vision Score >
51
8
< Wards Placed >
23
140
< Time Dealing CC >
133

How to Counter Morgana with Nidalee in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several significant Nidalee against Morgana matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Nidalee’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nidalee may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Morgana. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Nidalee typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Morgana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nidalee and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Nidalee
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nidalee
Morgana

Who is Better, Nidalee or Morgana?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nidalee usually loses when trying to fight Morgana, with a 45.6% win rate. Thus, Nidalee makes a poor counter to Morgana.

While Nidalee does have a much lower winrate than Morgana, when facing one another, Nidalee also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Nidalee into Morganaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Nidalee also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Morgana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nidalee vs Morgana matchups, Morgana is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Nidalee is a garbage counter for Morgana. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nidalee against Morgana.

Additional Information for Nidalee Players

How We Calculated Our Nidalee vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Nidalee, we analyzed 1,347 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 Nidalee 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 Nidalee in order to counter Morgana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nidalee typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Morgana. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Nidalee versus Morgana build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nidalee bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Morgana than with most other common builds. In fact, Nidalee boasted an average winrate of 45.6% battling Morgana with this counter build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Morgana as Nidalee, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nidalee vs Morgana face-offs, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 45.6% winrate overall.

If you want to see Nidalee vs Morgana tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the statistics and guides displayed are calculated using all rounds completed with both champions.