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How to Win Samira vs Morgana Counter MatchupSamira is in the a tier of champions

Samira vs Morgana

How to Beat Morgana as Samira in LoLSamira is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Morgana as Samira

based on 9,113 Samira vs Morgana matchups
Win Rate
45.5 %
K/D/A
1.99
Pick Rate
5.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked League games each and every week. In our database, Samira engaged Morgana 9113 times. With so many matchups for Samira versus Morgana gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare useful statistics and a supported build to destroy your opponent. This particular counter pairing is somewhat uncommon. Samira encounters Morgana in only 5.2% of her matches.

Samira vs Morgana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Samira has done a pathetic job of countering Morgana. Typically, she wins a lowly 45.5% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Samira versus Morgana games, Samira’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Morgana.

Best Samira vs Morgana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordDoran's Blade

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBloodthirsterThe Collector

Optional Items

Mercurial ScimitarVoltaic CycloswordImmortal ShieldbowLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerboost summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Samira's passive ability p
Samira's q ability q
Samira's w ability w
Samira's e ability e
Samira's ultimate ability r
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Morgana as Samira

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.

Samira vs Morgana Counter Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
45.5 %
VS
Win Rate
54.5 %
Morgana Image
9.2
< Kills >
3.8
7.3
< Deaths >
6
5.3
< Assists >
13
2.09
< Killing Sprees >
0.84
168
< Minions Killed >
52
0.15
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.49
19,326
< Physical Damage >
918
2,412
< Magic Damage >
15,905
573
< True Damage >
981
22,312
< Damage Dealt >
17,805
24,812
< Damage Taken >
20,699
12,950
< Gold Earned >
9,716
1.95
< Towers >
1.83
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
8,018
< Total Healing >
4,381
12,547
< Experience >
11,556
17
< Vision Score >
52
8
< Wards Placed >
22
26
< Time Dealing CC >
137

How to Counter Morgana with Samira in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify some vital Samira vs. Morgana matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Morgana’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Morgana. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.

Samira often has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Morgana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Samira and Morgana

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Morgana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Samira
Morgana

Who is Better, Samira or Morgana?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when taking on Morgana, with a 45.5% win rate. Therefore, Samira makes a poor counter for Morgana.

While Samira does have a much lower winrate compared to Morgana, when they face off with one another, Samira also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Samira into Morgana.

Moreover, Samira has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Morgana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Samira 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 team members during teamfights.

Samira is a trash counter for Morgana. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Samira against Morgana.

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira vs Morgana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Morgana as Samira, we analyzed 9,113 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 Samira 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Samira to counter Morgana during both the early game 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 suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Samira usually gets much more CS as Morgana. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Samira versus Morgana build include Guardian Angel, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Samira bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs Morgana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Samira had an average win rate of 45.5% when countering Morgana with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Morgana as Samira, Samira players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Samira vs Morgana counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.5% win rate overall.

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