League of Legends - Morgana Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

Morgana

Basic Information

Champion Stats

Lore

Skills

Icon	Description
	Soul Siphon Morgana has Spell Vamp, healing herself whenever she deals damage with her spells.
	Dark Binding (Target Range: 1175, Speed: 1200, Cost: 50/55/60/65/70 Mana, Cooldown: 11)ACTIVE: Fires a bolt of dark energy, rooting the first enemy hit for 2/2.25/2.5/2.75/3 seconds and dealing 80/135/190/245/300 (+90% Ability Power) magic damage.
	Tormented Soil (Target Range: 900, Effect Radius: 275, Cost: 70/85/100/115/130 Mana, Cooldown: 10)ACTIVE: Curses an area for 5 seconds. Enemies on the cursed ground are dealt from 16/32/48/64/80 (+22% Ability Power) to 24/48/72/96/120 (+33% Ability Power) magic damage every second based on the enemy’s missing Health.
	Black Shield (Target Range: 800, Cost: 55 Mana, Cooldown: 23/21/19/17/15)ACTIVE: Shields an allied Champion for 5 seconds. The shield absorbs 70/140/210/280/350 (+70% Ability Power) magic damage and prevents disables until it breaks.
	Soul Shackles (Effect Radius: 625, Tether Radius: 1050, Cost: 100 Mana, Cooldown: 120/110/100)ACTIVE: Dark chains latch onto nearby enemy Champions dealing 150/225/300 (+70% Ability Power) magic damage and slowing them by 20% for 3 seconds. After 3 seconds, they are dealt an additional 150/225/300 (+70% Ability Power) magic damage and are stunned for 1.5 seconds.Enemy Champions can break the chains by moving away from Morgana.

Strategy

Support

• Morgana’s (Q) Dark Binding can be used for offense and defense. During the laning phase, do your best to cast (Q) Dark Binding on an opposing champion to leave him or her open to follow up damage from your lane partner. Defensively, if the enemy team decides to gank your lane, assess which enemy champion needs to be hit with your (Q) Dark Binding – the ganking champion or the damage dealer are good choices to root, as it mitigates their damage output.
• During the laning phase, you can cast (W) Tormented Soil on enemy laners to damage and zone them. Be careful not to cast it on the enemy minion wave often, though, as you might kill some of the creeps which your lane partner needs to farm his or her items.
• Morgana’s (E) Black Shield is one of her staple skills which can be used for offensive or defensive. Defensively, you can cast (E) Black Shield on your lane partner to render him or her immune to magic damage and crowd control effects such as Stuns, Fears, Taunts, Silences, Roots, etc. You can use (E) Black Shield offensively by casting it on an allied carry who is susceptible to crowd controls and disables (i.e. Master Yi, Katarina, Malzahar, etc.). This way, when they start to engage the enemy team, they are immune to magic damage and disables so long as (E) Black Shield persists.
• Morgana’s ultimate, (R) Soul Shackles, can root multiple enemy champions, provided that Morgana stays tethered to them for the whole duration of the spell.
• (R) Soul Shackles synergizes with her (Q) Dark Binding and (W) Tormented Soil well. Her ultimate needs her to get close to enemy champions in order for the tether to activate. You can either use (R) Soul Shackles first, then try to root fleeing enemies with (Q) Dark Binding, or hit them with (Q) Dark Binding first then use your ultimate to increase the likelihood of your (R) Soul Shackles stun to activate. Remember to cast (W) Tormented Soil on rooted enemies to maximize your damage.

Mid Lane

• (W) Tormented Soil is your main farming tool in-lane. Do your best to cast (W) Tormented Soil on the enemy minion wave to maximize your chances of last hitting them.
• You can cast (W) Tormented Soil on enemies you’ve rooted with (Q) Dark Binding for good damage.
• You can cast (E) Black Shield on yourself to avoid getting damaged or disabled by enemy champion’s skills and crowd control.
• Casting (E) Black Shield on yourself can also increase the chances of you hitting the enemy team with the full damage of your (R) Soul Shackles, as it makes you immune to crowd control and disables.

Runes & Masteries

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Summoner Spells

Support
Flash	Exhaust

or

Mid Lane
Flash	Ignite

Item Builds

Support

Starter Items
Spellthief’s Edge	Total Biscuit of Rejuvenation x3	Warding Totem

Core Items

Core Items
Eye of the Watchers	Redemption	Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Eye of the Watchers – This item combines Frostfang and Sightstone in one convenient item. It gives Morgana bonus health, Ability Power, cooldown reduction and mana regeneration. It also gives her the ability to cast wards.

Redemption – This item improves Morgana’s support role, as it gives her the ability to heal her teammates during team fights. It gives her bonus health, health and mana regeneration, and cooldown reduction.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity – This boots upgrade increases Morgana’s ability to cast her skills, as it gives her increased cooldown reduction.

Full Item Build

Full Item Build
Eye of the Watchers	Redemption	Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Locket of the Iron Solari	Ardent Censer

Locket of the Iron Solari – This item further bolsters Morgana’s armor and magic resistance. It also enables her the ability to cast a protective shield on her team which is essential during clashes.

Ardent Censer – This item further enhances her (E) Black Shield, as it adds Attack Speed and an on-hit magic damage that heals the shielded ally champion for the same amount.

Situational Items
Zhonya’s Hourglass	Athene’s Holy Grail	Mercury Treads
Mikael’s Crucible	Rabadon’s Deathcap

Situational Items

Zhonya’s Hourglass – This item gives Morgana bonus Ability Power, Armor and its active item skill puts Morgana is a short stasis, leaving her immune to all types of damage and disables. This provides her with a bit more survivability during clashes, as she needs to go into the fray to use her (R) Soul Shackles. Zhonya’s Hourglass lets her do so and protect her as she tethers enemy champions.

Athene’s Holy Grail – This item further improves Morgana’s (E) Black Shield as it adds a healing bonus, depending on its Blood Charges. It also gives her mana regeneration, bonus Ability Power, magic resistance and cooldown reduction.

Mercury Treads – This item increases Morgana’s magic resistance and lessens the duration of crowd controls and disables she incurs against enemy champions.

Mikael’s Crucible – This item provides provides an active item spell that cleanses one allied champion of crowd control such as Stuns, Taunts, Fears and Roots. It also renders subsequent disables casted on the allied champion less effective.

Rabadon’s Deathcap – This item increases Morgana’s Ability Power which ramps up her skills’ damage. It also increases (E) Black Shield‘s absorption of magic damage, ensuring your allied carry can do his or her damage without worrying about being disabled.

Mid Lane

Starter Items
Doran’s Ring	Total Biscuit of Rejuvenation x2	Warding Totem

Core Items

Core Items
Morellonomicon	Zhonya’s Hourglass	Sorcerer’s Boots

Morellonomicon – This item builds from Lost Chapter and Fiendish Codex, providing bonus Ability Power, mana regeneration and cooldown reduction. More importantly, Morellonomicon enhances Morgana’s ability to spam her skills. It also inflicts enemies hit with magic damage with Grievous Wounds if their health is below 35%.

Zhonya’s Hourglass – This item gives bonus Ability Power, armor, and bolsters Morgana’s survivability during clashes. It allows her to get into the middle of the clash, cast her (R) Soul Shackles on enemies, and remain in stasis until the duration of her ultimate expires and her enemies are rooted in place.

Sorcerer’s Boots – This boots upgrade increases Morgana’s damaging spells, as the boots increases Magic Penetration against enemies.

Full Item Build

Full Item Build
Morellonomicon	Zhonya’s Hourglass	Sorcerer’s Boots
Rabadon’s Deathcap	Banshee’s Veil	Luden’s Echo

Rabadon’s Deathcap – This item significantly boosts all of Morgana’s skills thanks to its bonus Ability Power.

Banshee’s Veil – This item provides decent bonus Ability Power, cooldown reduction and magic resistance. It also envelops Morgana with a spell shield that blocks the first magic damage casted by an enemy champion. This provides useful when dealing with enemy mages.

Luden’s Echo – This item increases Morgana’s pushing power and ability to damage multiple targets. Luden’s Echo gives bonus movement speed, Ability Power and cooldown reduction. At 100 charges, Luden’s Echo has an item passive that gives her damaging skills to let out a bolt of energy that damages a single target which expends out to 3 more enemies.

Situational Items

Situational Items
Rod of Ages	Rylai’s Crystal Scepter	Mercury Treads
Liandry’s Torment

Rod of Ages – This item gives Morgana bonus health, mana and ability power every minute that stacks up to 10 times. If you feel that your game will last longer than 35 minutes, this item might be worth looking into.

Rylai’s Crystal Scepter – This item provides bonus health, Ability Power and makes all of Morgana’s damaging skills have an added slow effect to enemies it hits. Rylai’s Crystal Scepter works well with her (Q) Dark Binding + (W) Tormented Soil Combo, as well her (R) Soul Shackles.

Mercury Treads – This item gives Morgana magic resistance and lessens the duration of crowd controls and disables she incurs. Mercury Treads is a good defensive item, especially for enemy teams that have high crowd control skills.

Liandry’s Torment – This item synergizes with Rylai’s Crystal Scepter. Liandry’s Torment gives bonus Ability Power, health, and magic penetration. Morgana’s damage-dealing skills applies a damage-over-time effect that deals bonus magic damage equal to 2% of the target’s current health per second for 3 seconds. This bonus damage is doubled to 4% of the target’s current health against movement-impaired units. 

Playing Against

Support

• Hide behind your minion wave to lessen the likelihood of being snared with (Q) Dark Binding.
• Avoid Morgana’s (W) Tormented Soil when she casts it, as it deals damage over time.
• Be aware when Morgana casts (E) Black Shield. If she casts it on one of her allies, it lessens your chances of disabling that champion. It is best to force Morgana to cast (E) Black Shield on herself so that your team can focus on her lane partner.
• Distance yourself as fast as you can if Morgana casts (R) Soul Shackles on you. You have a small window to escape before her ultimate’s duration expires and you get rooted.

Mid Lane

• Avoid being hit by Morgana’s (Q) Dark Binding, as it leaves you open to her (W) Tormented Soil and you are dealt more damage.
• Steer clear where Morgana casts her (W) Tormented Soil. It is usually her most damaging skill when she is played in the mid lane.
• Time your pokes against her well – force her to cast (E) Black Shield early on herself, as it has a long cooldown during the early game, and this leaves her susceptible to magic damage and disables.
• Break her (R) Soul Shackles‘ tether by distancing yourself from her when she casts it on you to avoid being rooted in place.

Hard Counter

Karma – Her Inner Flame, Soul Flare, Focused Resolve and Renewal can break Morgana’s (E) Spell Shield if she decides to initiate. Defensively, her Inspire and Defiance can shield the damage of Morgana’s (Q) Dark Binding and (W) Tormented Soil.

Janna – She can thwart most initiates from enemy laners. Her Howling Gale can knock up multiple enemies, while her Monsoon pushes enemies away, healing her allies and allowing her team to escape and regroup. She can slow Morgana down with her Zephyr skill, forcing Morgana to use her (E) Black Shield on herself. Janna can also shield her ally using Eye of the Storm, making Morgana’s target harder to eliminate.

Assassin Champions – Morgana has trouble dealing champions who deal high single-target Attack Damage against her allied carries, as her (E) Black Shield can only block magic damage, and most assassin-type champions are elusive, which means hitting them with (Q) Dark Binding is a frustrating prospect. Champions such as Talon, Zed, Riven and Yasuo prove to be hard to contend with – Morgana will need her team to handle such threats.

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