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How to Synergize Morgana with Riven on the Same TeamMorgana is in the b tier of champions

Morgana with Riven

How to Win With Morgana and Riven Paired TogetherMorgana is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Morgana and Riven

based on 5,604 Morgana with Riven pairs
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
2.71
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each week. Morgana has been on the same team as Riven in 5604 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much great data directly from the creators of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can present to you high quality, accurate builds to help Morgana play with Riven. It is relatively rare for Morgana to play alongside Riven on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in about 2.8% of rounds with Morgana.

Morgana Riven Synergy Summary

Morgana has done a average job of playing alongside Riven. Usually, she wins an acceptable 50.6% of rounds the champs play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Morgana when playing alongside Riven by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Morgana vs Riven Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsHaunting Guise

Core Morgana Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Optional Items

CryptbloomSolstice SleighShurelya's BattlesongHorizon Focus

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Morgana to level upq
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Second ability for Morgana to level upw
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Last skill for Morgana to max oute

Runes

InspirationGlacial AugmentTriple TonicBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Morgana and Riven

Tips for Playing as Morgana with Riven

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 Understand How Riven Will Play

Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.

Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.

Morgana Riven Synergy Stats

Morgana Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Riven Image
3.6
< Kills >
3.7
5.8
< Deaths >
5.8
12.1
< Assists >
11.9
0.78
< Killing Sprees >
0.8
52
< Minions Killed >
54
0.16
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.46
853
< Physical Damage >
865
15,510
< Magic Damage >
15,452
982
< True Damage >
974
17,346
< Damage Dealt >
17,292
21,194
< Damage Taken >
21,350
9,601
< Gold Earned >
9,670
1.68
< Towers >
1.69
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
4,686
< Total Healing >
4,587
11,569
< Experience >
11,655
53
< Vision Score >
52
23
< Wards Placed >
23
140
< Time Dealing CC >
136

How to Play with Riven as Morgana in LoL

The Morgana Riven synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Riven, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Morgana sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Riven. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Riven helps Morgana perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Morgana plays on the same team as Riven, she observes a little increase in her total damage output. This may signal that Riven supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Morgana is played alongside Riven on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Riven. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Riven.

Additionally, when Morgana plays with Riven on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Riven does a decent job of covering Morgana in teamfights.

Synergies between Morgana and Riven

Damage Types Compared

Morgana
Riven
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Morgana
Riven

Is Morgana better when played alongside Riven?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Morgana that will no matter what be her best teammate. Yet, overall, Riven is a very typical ally for Morgana. By playing on the same team as Morgana, she decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 50.6%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong synergy between Morgana and Riven that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Riven has a much greater difficulty compared to Morgana. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Riven allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much greater level of skill to work well with you.

Playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. When paired, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.

Conversely, by pairing Morgana and Riven together, you will not be giving your other allies a great deal of attack damage. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the skill of your Riven ally, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Morgana Players

How We Calculated Our Morgana Riven Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Morgana and Riven, we analyzed 5,604 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Morgana with Riven comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Morgana to synergize with Riven during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to focus on in your Morgana and Riven synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Morgana incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting alongside Riven than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Morgana had an average winrate of 50.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Riven with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Glacial Augment, Triple Tonic, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Morgana and Riven pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.

If you would like to view Morgana and Riven cooperations tips and builds for a a distinct rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and strategies displayed are computed using all matches played with both champions.