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WHY MORGANA?
Morgana
is a high damage utility support with a special ability to deny enemy CC while locking enemies in place with her massive crowd control kit that provides slow, root and stun!
Pros
+ Strong CC
+ Great Range
+ High Damage
+ Skill immunity
Morgana has big pick potential with her Root ability and that's what makes her strong from the start of the game. Her kit has a quite nice range with good amount of damage and a skill to deny enemies crowd control abilities.
Cons
- Very Squishy
- Low Mobility
- Long Cooldowns
- Small Support Kit
Very squishy with a decent mobility makes Morgana an easy catch!. Her cooldowns are insanely high especially in the early stage of the game, gets better later on! She doesn't have enough skills to support your team either so you have to be more precise with your decisions.
RUNES
Morgana
has 2 different Page options depending on what she is facing in her 2v2 lane. One will provide you some extra damage and the other will benefit you with some extra tankiness and survivability.
Main Page
This shall be your default and primary rune page. This rune page will provide you even more damage to the aggressive playstyle you need to adapt as Morgana, especially early game. It will also improve your cooldown reduction in a good amount overall.
Keystones
Arcane Comet
is the best option for Morgana as it gives you enough extra damage for lane pressure.
Summon Aery
is not a bad option either as it can give an extra shield to your teammates that can block any type of damage, BUT it does less damage than
Arcane Comet
.
Manaflow Band
helps negate running out of mana in laning phase. It pumps you up with extra 250 to your maximum mana and extra mana regen after you reach that threshold. Definitely an important rune as you don't want to run out of mana due to poking with your
Tormented Shadow
.
Ability Haste is really important on Morgana! Her cooldowns are pretty long so
Transcendence
provides you a good boost on level 5, 8 and 11 which you can reach fairly easy every game. Don't forget that Ability Haste affects Summoners Spells and Active items cooldown! That's great news for your
Zhonya's Hourglass
,
Redemption
etc and
Flash
frequent engages.
Since Morgana excels in laning phase with her high ability damage, picking
Scorch
is your best bet for some extra harass. It can be applied by any ability and its best to pair it with
Tormented Shadow
which is easier to land than hiting a
Dark Binding
.
Secondary
Perfect Timing
builds into
Zhonya's Hourglass
. So picking this does take up one slot but saves you 650g. This item can give huge lead on your team early in the game by baiting enemies and/or simply take some damage.
This rune improves your Summoner Spell and Active Items cooldown! That's great again mostly for her
Zhonya's Hourglass
important usage and
Flash
. You get to use your
Ignite
or
Exhaust
more often too.
The 2x
Adaptive Force
provides you some extra AD and AP damage. The numbers are small but great for the early game.
Armor
rune gives you some armor to reduce AD damage, mainly good against auto hits from the enemy Marksman.
Situational Page
This is your alternative page that you should use when you need that extra shield from
Guardian
that blocks any type of damage while
Black Shield
doesn't. So pick it when you are facing engaging tanky supports like
Alistar
,
Leona
,
Maokai
,
Rell
,
Galio
AND/OR when they have a team with a lot assasins like
Zed
,
Katarina
ect.
Keystones
Guardian
is great against tanky or hard engage supports. The shield can absorb both AP and AD damage, to both you and your buffed or in range Guarded ally. Basically dueling their tankiness and hard engage kit, with this rune you have higher winning potential than any other Keystone.
Font of Life
is an excellent option for Morgana here. Works well with your CC Abilities
Dark Binding
and
Soul Shackles
providing your ADC some small healings!
During a 2v2 fight
Bone Plating
will help you to stay ahead for your ADC and tank some damage for them. This rune will reduce damage significantly against consecutive attacks or abilities on you.
This rune is great against a botlane with great Crowd control or team overall. A second option that works well on Morgana is
Revitalize
and you should pick it only if enemies have mostly pure damage abilities with not so strong CC.
Secondary
Perfect Timing
builds into
Zhonya's Hourglass
. So picking this does take up one slot but saves you 650g. This item can give huge lead on your team early in the game by baiting enemies and/or simply take some damage.
This rune improves your Summoner Spell and Active Items cooldown! That's great again mostly for her
Zhonya's Hourglass
important usage and
Flash
. You get to use your
Ignite
or
Exhaust
more often too.
Transcendence
cannot be picked in Resolve page so
Scaling CDR
rune can provide you some of it.
Armor
rune gives you some armor to reduce AD damage, mainly good against auto hits from the enemy Marksman.
SUMMONER SPELLS
Flash
is a must pick Spell for champions with no escape mechanism like
Morgana
. In addition to that it can synergies with her Ultimate ability for an engage.
Ignite
can provide you massive pressure in laning and that's because it gives you that extra damage and kill potential. The idea of it is to help your ADC with the damage while reducing Enemy's
Heal
or any healing ability.
Ignite
is less useful later game.
Exhaust
should be your alternate option. Pick this if they have a champion that is a threat for your ADC like
Zed
or if your team doesn't have
Exhaust
already but a lot Ignite spells.
ABILITIES
Morgana
has 2 different ability orders, again depending on what she is laning against. One will provide you with the ability to inflict extra damage and longer zoning, while the other will deny more enemies, deny their damage and reduce your ability's cooldown.
Main Skill Order
The Ability order below is your default option. By maxing your
Dark Binding
, you increase its Stun duration. Then you max
Black Shield
for a smaller cooldown and bigger damage threshold into
Tormented Shadow
.
Skill Path
Morgana
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
7
8
8
8
8
9
9
9
9
10
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
Situational Skill Order
It's nice to give some extra points on your
Black Shield
or even maximize it before your
Dark Binding
. For instance on level 4 you give an extra point on
Black Shield
, when you are facing Engaging Supports that do AP Damage and can reach on your ADC wiht their skills. A good example is
Thresh
that can still reach on ur ADC even if you Shield in time. If he picks a 2nd level on his Q or E he can break your
Black Shield
with just one hit if you don't give it that extra point.
From Level 5 and above you can continue normally with
Dark Binding
level ups then into
Black Shield
if your ADC is mobile such as
Ezreal
,
Lucian
. If your ADC is immobile and a scaling one such as
Vayne
,
Jinx
then you Max your
Black Shield
for extra protection and continue with
Dark Binding
.
Skill Details
Soul Siphon
(Passive):
Morgana heals herself equal to 20% of the post-mitigation damage dealt by her abilities to champions, large minions, and medium and large monsters.
Helps Morgana to sustain, mostly helpful during laning phase. You can only heal when dealing damage to enemy champions, cannon minion and large jungle monster like blue/red buff golem, the big wolf in the pack and the big raptor ect.
Dark Binding
(Q):
Morgana releases a sphere of dark magic in a line in the target direction, dealing magic damage to the first enemy it hits and rooting them for a duration.
This is Morgana's most important ability and the one you should primarily maximize in level first!
Dark Binding:
Is always cast from the original casting position. So getting pushed let's say from
Heroic Charge
or
Devastating Charge
won't change your Q's starting position.
Can also hit enemy minions and jungle monsters not just enemy champions.
Dark Binding's hitbox is slightly bigger than it seems, meaning you can sometimes hit enemies who look out of range. A good comparison example is
Light Binding
which has much smaller hitbox.
Tormented Shadow
(W)
Morgana desecrates the target area with infected soil for 5 seconds, dealing magic damage every 0.5 seconds to enemies within, increased by 0% − 170% (based on target's missing health). The first tick of damage is dealt instantly to enemies in the area at the time of cast. Tormented Soil deals 155% damage against non-epic monsters.
This is the ability that procs your and
Manaflow Band
easy for the extra damage on enemies. Also it provides you easy gold for your
Spellthief's Edge
.
Soul Siphon triggers from Tormented Shadow's damage, which in turn triggers Tormented Shadow's effect, reducing its own Cooldown reduction cooldown.
Since Tormented Shadow procs
Arcane Comet
its a good way to check a bush from a safe distance.
Black Shield
(E)
Morgana shields the target allied champion or herself for up to 5 seconds, which absorbs magic damage and grants crowd control immunity while the shield holds.
Morgana's shield is pretty powerful but you have to be really accurate when you use it. Black Shield prevents your ally from getting CCd. That means he can't get slowed, stunned, suppressed, knocked up, feared, silenced or rooted. Morgana's shield works only if the CC hit your ally while is shielded. In other words using your Shield on an ally that is already under
Nether Grasp
will be a big waste!
Black Shield:
Won't resist nearsight debuff like
Blinding Assault
or magic damage reduction like
Wall of Pain
.
Negates Crowd control effects before any magic damage is absorbed, even if the shield is broken by an enemy's ability its associated disables will not apply, except for shield-destroying effects such as
Ruthless Predator
and
Static Field
.
Will take priority over
Barrier
Spell and other Shields Skills like
Prismatic Barrier
,
Inspire
,
Triggerseed
except
Spell Shield
.
If used in conjunction with Lifeline items such as
Sterak's Gage
,
Hexdrinker
the most recently-applied shield will take priority.
Does not negate self or ally applied crowd control effects such as an Bard's
Tempered Fate
.
Only negates crowd control, so a
Leona
won't stun with
Zenith Blade
but she will still dash to the target. Same for
Nautilus
and
Thresh
.
Skills that have 2 Crowd control effects such as
Cosmic Binding
can still apply effect on the aimed target if the first effect breaks the Black shield.
Soul Shackles
(R):
Morgana latches chains of energy onto nearby enemy champions over the cast time, dealing them magic damage and forming a tether between Morgana and each target for 3 seconds, during which the targets are revealed and slowed by 20%.
Basically there are 2 phases on Morgana's ultimate. (1st) Morgana attach chains on enemies while getting bonus movement speed moving towards them. (2nd) If the tethers are not broken by the end of their duration, the tethered targets are dealt the same magic damage again and are revealed and stunned for 1.5 seconds.
Spell Shield
skills and
Cleanse
Spell will block the tether's slow application and initial damage but not the shackles which means that after 3 seconds the target can get stunned.
Soul Shackles cannot be cast without a valid target nearby.
You are able to cast ultimate even when enemy is invisible either hiding in a bush or ability like
Ambush
.
Soul Shackles
indicator will light up available!
ITEMS
There are a lot item options but some are mandatory. Make sure you don't miss the important ones then build items that benefit you and your team against the enemies.
Itemization
Item Order
The Item Order above shows the buy order from left to right.
Item Details
Shard of True Ice
This item starts as
Spellthief's Edge
, this will be your main source of income at the start of the game. Once you complete its quest, it transforms into
Frostfang
(into
Shard of True Ice
) that gives you 1 ward to place on the map. Everytime you go back to base it refreshes back to 3 wards. This is where you start providing vision and objective control for your team!
Control Ward
You are not going anywhere without buying this everytime you back to base. You should at least have 1 placed on the map and 1 in your inventory everytime if not 2. Combined with
Stealth Ward
, you can get a serious amount of vision for your team. Do not forget to switch it to
Oracle Lens
when your
Spellthief's Edge
is almost completed.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Must buy item and your first one in most scenarios. This item will help you get the entire
Soul Shackles
easier, while in other cases without it you would propably need to give up on some targets while you are ulting to survive. Morgana is squishy so this helps a lot.
Stopwatch
will help you in the early game and it does reduce the cost of Zhonya's later on! It is also a must pick if you are kinda the only one in your team that has to initiate and start the fights!
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Best option for boots, it provides you less cooldown on your
Flash
. If you want some extra damage you can go
Sorcerer's Shoes
but Ionian is the best bet for the +20 Ability haste it provides.
Shurelya's Battlesong
OR
Imperial Mandate
Consider Shurelyas if your team is missing a good engager (and you must be the one) to start fights and/or you also need a disengage factor. If you have quite good mobility in your team and engaging potential then pick Mandate.
Redemption
This item is a solid item for most supports. Morgana has no assisting ablities other than her Black Shield. Pick this when you do not need any of the listed Situational items.
Chemtech Putrifier
OR
Morellonomicon
These items are only good in specific situation! That's when enemies have a lot of healing, self-healing skills/items such as
Kayle
,
Aatrox
,
Senna
,
Goredrinker
.
Now if they have a lot of tankiness and hp pool you go with Chemtech Putrifier, because its easier to proc the 60% Grievous wounds on enemies just by landing your CC. Otherwise Morellonomicon is the option.
If they have a lot of healers in the enemy and a strong enchanter support on botlane like
Yuumi
or
Soraka
you might need to rush
Oblivion Orb
just to apply the Grevious Wounds.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
If you are having hard time hitting your abilities due to enemies having a lot of movement speed then Rylai's is a great item to build. This item provides you a good amount of Ability Power and HP to tank a little bit more for your team before you use your
Zhonya's Hourglass
.
Vigilant Wardstone
This item is very cheap giving you that extra Ability haste that Morgana needs. Morgana can easily zone out of objectives mainly due to her Q ability. Picking this item can provide you more control wards to get better vision in your side. That way you can deny more vision, potentially pick an enemy out of position and control easier the objectives. You should consider this item at the end of the game where you constantly keep buying 2x
Control Ward
and holding that slot in your inventory with no extra stats given.
Demonic Embrace
or
Rabadon's Deathcap
or
Void Staff
Pick
Demonic Embrace
as your 6th item, basically at the very end of the game for extra damage. This item is heavily good against enemies with big HP threshold. If there are none and you are facing squishy enemies, build
Rabadon's Deathcap
instead. If the enemies have already builded a lot Magic Resist you can consider
Void Staff
. You will hardly ever reach at this point before the game ends.
PLAYSTYLE
Morgana
has a very specific playstyle and easy to understand with not so many combos either. Your early game consist in an aggression playmaking with hitting your abilities and zoning enemies. Your teamfight includes a part of your early game with a small twist, hitting a great ultimate!
Early Game/Laning Phase
Starting of as Morgana its a good idea to gather your team and go for an early invade. Morgana has a big pick potential with her
Dark Binding
which you shall level up first anyway during laning phase. If your team decides not to invade then you help your jungler get his buff.
Once you get on lane try picking someone with your
Dark Binding
preferably the one that position closer to your ADC so he can follow up. That way you can have an early advantage before hitting Level 2 either by getting some of their Summoner Spells down or even by killing someone! Make sure that as you hit your Q, move closer to the target for some free auto attacks. You can use the bushes early on to hide urself and make an easier Binding. Try this ''level 1 tactic'' on the first wave only and avoid it on the 2nd wave half because this is where u get level 2 and you don't want to have it on cooldown. If you don't hit your Q, its fine move on hitting the minions to help you and your ADC get level 2 before or same time as the enemy!
On Level 2 you level up:
Black Shield when there is engage support on the enemy team like
Leona
,
Nautilus
,
Thresh
to prevent them.
Black Shield
if your ADC has a reposition ability like
Lucian
,
Tristana
and you get Level 2 first than enemy. That way you can shield your ally when he engages and stop incoming cc from enemy Support that pick on Level 1 like
Shield of Daybreak
,
Grand Entrance
,
Flay
and more!
OR
Tormented Shadow
if none of the above valid. With this you can just apply some extra damage and start farming your quest earlier and easier even before level 3.
Once you have your
Tormented Shadow
you should use the skill to farm gold for your
Spellthief's Edge
quest. Now... you should never spam it everytime its up because you will run out of mana fairly quick. Also, make sure to use it when enemy isn't that close to the minions and prioritize the enemy ADC if possible! You don't want to hard push the lane with it or killing the minions urself just to farm your quest. Feel free to hit the minions though for a faster wave clear, when your ADC needs to back.
During laning phase try to hit your
Dark Binding
and always follow up with
Tormented Shadow
for the extra damage and self-healing. After casting those move closer for auto attacks. Keep in mind that
Tormented Shadow
heals you during your fight through her
Soul Siphon
(passive) so don't be scared to go for 1-2 auto attacks.
Dark Binding
is easier to hit in shorter range distance. However, you should not walk closer risking your life for it, unless they have cooldown on their abilities. Knowing when is the next
Arcane Shift
,
Tumble
,
Relentless Pursuit
is a good example. Also, as I mention earlier using bushes is a good way to hit those Q's as the enemies don't know your exact position.
Another good idea is since the enemy ADC has a dash/dodge tool you can lock down the enemy Support when it's not close to his ADC. In such scenarios the enemy ADC might turn immediately towards you or your ADC taking a fight. If you are not close to bind enemy Support its a good 2v1 for you and your teammate.
When you hit Level 6, you should look for a fight. Start with hitting your
Dark Binding
then get closer for
Soul Shackles
and use immediately
Black Shield
on you if they have a strong CC Ability that can stop you from keeping enemies in range like
Solar Flare
,
Condemn
,
Buster Shot
. You can always setup an ambush with your ADC or Jungle and start with Dark Binding then Soul Shackles if they are close enough to you.
Soul Shackles
reveal hidden enemies, meaning that if lets say a champion is invisible in a bush or due to a skill like
Twitch
,
Vayne
is in your ultimate range, the skill indicator will light up.
ROAMMM!!!
Morgana excels on rooting someone in a position, right? That makes her an excellent choise for roaming. Always take the safe path in your side to roam. You don't want to get yourself caught by enemy jungle, also is most unlikely to be warded.
Is the enemy botlane missing? Roam!
Did you recall and Bot is missing? Roam from base and then head to your lane.
Is your lane pushing but you feel like you can't pressure for early plates? Ping and Roam!
Is your jungler going for crab or a fight is 'about to happen' there? Push your wave and roam!
Do not use your Flash while roaming unless you know that enemy doesn't have it. Work mostly around
Dark Binding
while you are roaming and
Flash
if you are in trouble.
How to deal as Morgana against ganks!
First of all as I said couple of times through this guide, your
Dark Binding
is the strongest skill. The best thing you can do is to keep the wave management around mid side. Avoid attacking the minions when there is no need and avoid hitting them with
Tormented Shadow
. You should always give your Jungler the opportunity to gank for you! Pushing towards the tower all the time and especially when you don't have any clue where is the enemy jungler, its a big mistake to do with Morgana.
Stay in range, you don't need to walk close. Make sure you use you wards and when you are about to get ganked look for the closest threat to use your
Dark Binding
. That is either the Support or the Enemy jungler, ADCs don't have Crowd control. Denying those CC with your
Black Shield
and keeping one locked with
Dark Binding
will deny the enemy ADC to follow up with any damage.
When you are getting ganked from High Mobility champions such as
Rammus
,
Udyr
,
Lillia
it's good to avoid throwing your
Dark Binding
as soon as you see them because it's way too easy for them to dodge. Instead you wait untill they get somewhat closer to you, to increase the chances of hitting it.
On the other hand if you are getting ganked by an enemy Jungler that has a reposition ability like
Kindred
,
Graves
you most likely won't to avoid aiming your
Dark Binding
towards him, but instead use it on the Enemy Support.
Late game/Teamfight
Morgana's late game is simpler than her early game. Moving out of laning phase the best thing you can do is always stick around your ADC. At this point of the game you have to always ward around jungle and objectives. Even at this phase of the game Morgana is strong on picking, so don't be scared on trying picking on enemy heroes using your
Dark Binding
.
In teamfights you should prioritise your
Black Shield
on your ADC OR a Midlane that can quickly initiate a fight like
Diana
,
Azir
,
Katarina
.
In other scenarios where you have a
Warwick
,
Rengar
,
Darius
ect that are looking for a catch, you can
Black Shield
them before they get out of your range and they are closer to the enemy.
In worst case scenarios where your team composition doesn't have any champion that can engage, YOU have to be the one that must do it. So when you feel confident and your team is grouped, try to use
Dark Binding
on someone then if enemies are close to him quickly
Black Shield
yourself then
Flash
into the enemies and
Soul Shackles
. While in the fight use your
Tormented Shadow
, tank as much damage as you can and to keep as many as possible in range of your ultimate. When you are running low on HP use your
Zhonya's Hourglass
. Never use it instantly after your
Soul Shackles
.
CONCLUSION
Morgana
is mostly a situational pick and you should not Blind pick her, but get to know your team composition first if possible. If you are picking after most of the enemies, that makes it even better. Morgana's laning phase is strong to a point where you can snowball the game and excels when it comes to roaming, so work mostly around that for a better and easier late game too.
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the entire section of the items/itemization is pretty poorly written and should try to be fixed, im not sure what its trying to tell me to go for my first item at all as it says zhonyas most scenarios first item but early game get bandleglass and kindlegem? just doesnt make sense and should be revised/edited.