Morganavs Nautilus
Morgana vs Nautilus is a very close matchup in LoL patch 26.3. Morgana wins with a 50.4% win rate (+0.9%) over Nautilus based on 343 games. Morgana wins the early laning phase while Nautilus scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Morgana build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Morgana vs Nautilus matchup.
Morgana Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Morgana performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Nautilus(50.4%)Who Wins the Morgana vs Nautilus Matchup?
Morgana vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
The Morgana vs Nautilus matchup is essentially a coin-flip matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 343 recent matches analyzed, Morgana wins with a 50.4% win rate compared to Nautilus's 49.6%, giving Morgana a 0.9 percentage point advantage. Game phase dynamics play a critical role here: Morgana controls the early laning stage, but Nautilus outscales as the game goes longer. The matchup shifts dramatically depending on game length — Morgana needs to press advantages before Nautilus reaches their power spikes, while Nautilus should focus on safe farming and hitting key item breakpoints. The most significant statistical gap is in sustain, where Nautilus leads by 950 HP/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Morgana has a statistical edge, but the margin is close enough that respecting Nautilus's strengths is important. Trade when cooldowns are favorable, track the enemy jungler, and build toward your strongest item spikes to convert the slight advantage into a decisive lead. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Morgana vs Nautilus Laning Phase Breakdown
Morgana is favored during the laning phase against Nautilus, winning 4 out of 5 key stat categories. Morgana holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income and crowd control, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Morgana Build Against Nautilus
Ionian Boots of Lucidity is the optimal boots choice against Nautilus, providing the mobility and stats Morgana needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Morgana against Nautilus are Liandry's Torment, Imperial Mandate and Blackfire Torch. This combination gives Morgana an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 66.7% win rate across 3 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Nautilus. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Morgana vs Nautilus matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Morgana52.0%Nautilus48.0%Morgana49.2%Nautilus50.8%During the early laning phase (first 15 minutes), Morgana has a meaningful 52.0% win rate, outperforming Nautilus by 4.1 percentage points. Morgana players should look to press this advantage through aggressive trades, wave priority, and early jungle coordination.
Late game (25+ minutes) is equally balanced, with Nautilus at 50.8% win rate — only 1.5 points ahead of Morgana. Team fight execution and macro play determine the winner at this stage, not champion matchup advantage.
The power dynamics shift as the game progresses — Morgana has the edge early, but Nautilus gradually takes over. However, the margins are slim enough that either champion can win at any stage with the right plays. Focus on taking advantages when you have them rather than waiting for a specific game phase.
Best Morgana Runes Against Nautilus
Inspiration
Sorcery
The Inspiration primary with Sorcery secondary combination helps Morgana maximize their potential in this closely contested matchup, providing the right mix of offensive and defensive tools to edge out Nautilus.
Morgana matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.3. The table below shows Morgana's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Morgana build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51.84% | 515 | 2.0 | 613 | 10,280 | 46.4% | 54.8% | |
| 47.18% | 354 | 1.6 | 602 | 9,354 | 48.7% | 45.9% | |
| 53.01% | 349 | 1.8 | 606 | 9,847 | 48.7% | 56.3% | |
| 55.23% | 344 | 1.5 | 613 | 9,864 | 60.3% | 51.7% | |
| 50.44% | 343 | 1.6 | 624 | 9,888 | 52.0% | 49.2% | |
| 47.08% | 308 | 1.6 | 642 | 10,217 | 47.9% | 46.6% | |
| 50.64% | 233 | 1.6 | 610 | 9,866 | 55.2% | 47.5% | |
| 54.87% | 226 | 1.6 | 654 | 10,139 | 62.0% | 50.0% | |
| 43.06% | 216 | 2.0 | 624 | 9,944 | 46.2% | 40.6% | |
| 48.21% | 195 | 1.6 | 596 | 10,404 | 45.1% | 50.0% | |
| 53.13% | 192 | 1.7 | 626 | 10,078 | 51.8% | 54.2% | |
| 54.59% | 185 | 2.2 | 724 | 9,989 | 56.6% | 52.9% | |
| 46.20% | 184 | 1.6 | 568 | 9,786 | 44.6% | 47.3% | |
| 48.00% | 175 | 1.7 | 621 | 9,747 | 46.8% | 49.0% | |
| 49.42% | 172 | 1.7 | 571 | 9,933 | 50.0% | 49.0% | |
| 50.00% | 168 | 1.5 | 608 | 10,302 | 48.0% | 51.6% | |
| 51.33% | 150 | 1.6 | 613 | 9,388 | 53.4% | 49.4% | |
| 55.03% | 149 | 1.8 | 481 | 8,765 | 60.8% | 48.6% | |
| 50.76% | 132 | 1.6 | 576 | 9,261 | 48.4% | 52.9% | |
| 54.20% | 131 | 1.8 | 726 | 9,974 | 50.0% | 57.5% | |
| 44.27% | 131 | 1.9 | 607 | 10,291 | 43.5% | 44.7% | |
| 50.78% | 128 | 1.9 | 619 | 9,828 | 44.8% | 55.7% | |
| 42.98% | 121 | 2.3 | 585 | 9,315 | 52.0% | 36.6% | |
| 55.37% | 121 | 2.2 | 625 | 10,126 | 52.1% | 57.5% | |
| 57.69% | 104 | 1.6 | 634 | 10,342 | 61.9% | 54.8% | |
| 50.50% | 101 | 1.9 | 642 | 10,277 | 50.0% | 50.8% | |
| 44.44% | 99 | 1.5 | 636 | 9,431 | 46.7% | 42.6% | |
| 51.35% | 74 | 1.6 | 591 | 10,097 | 55.2% | 48.9% | |
| 51.43% | 70 | 5.4 | 773 | 10,765 | 51.4% | 51.5% | |
| 46.27% | 67 | 2.3 | 645 | 10,769 | 55.2% | 39.5% | |
| 53.73% | 67 | 1.6 | 661 | 10,150 | 54.2% | 53.5% | |
| 59.09% | 66 | 6.0 | 787 | 10,065 | 51.3% | 70.4% | |
| 53.85% | 65 | 1.6 | 640 | 10,485 | 60.9% | 50.0% | |
| 53.13% | 64 | 1.7 | 573 | 9,318 | 54.3% | 51.7% | |
| 51.56% | 64 | 1.6 | 592 | 10,079 | 63.0% | 43.2% | |
| 54.10% | 61 | 4.8 | 769 | 10,797 | 41.9% | 66.7% | |
| 61.67% | 60 | 2.9 | 702 | 11,027 | 61.9% | 61.5% | |
| 47.37% | 57 | 1.7 | 588 | 9,850 | 45.8% | 48.5% | |
| 50.00% | 54 | 1.5 | 635 | 10,924 | 54.5% | 46.9% | |
| 56.86% | 51 | 5.8 | 831 | 12,146 | 50.0% | 62.1% | |
| 46.00% | 50 | 1.9 | 749 | 9,996 | 47.8% | 44.4% | |
| 47.73% | 44 | 5.2 | 724 | 10,465 | 45.5% | 50.0% | |
| 47.73% | 44 | 5.9 | 843 | 10,621 | 52.4% | 43.5% | |
| 63.41% | 41 | 1.6 | 654 | 10,168 | 66.7% | 60.9% | |
| 60.98% | 41 | 5.5 | 782 | 10,519 | 54.5% | 68.4% | |
| 57.50% | 40 | 1.9 | 633 | 9,363 | 55.0% | 60.0% | |
| 64.10% | 39 | 1.2 | 684 | 12,415 | 61.5% | 65.4% | |
| 52.63% | 38 | 5.1 | 703 | 10,762 | 47.1% | 57.1% | |
| 61.11% | 36 | 3.6 | 710 | 10,675 | 64.3% | 59.1% | |
| 58.82% | 34 | 1.2 | 655 | 11,216 | 46.1% | 66.7% | |
| 67.65% | 34 | 2.0 | 612 | 9,075 | 66.7% | 68.4% | |
| 51.52% | 33 | 1.8 | 813 | 11,755 | 40.0% | 56.5% | |
| 51.61% | 31 | 3.7 | 713 | 11,364 | 53.9% | 50.0% | |
| 48.39% | 31 | 4.2 | 738 | 12,495 | 35.7% | 58.8% | |
| 61.29% | 31 | 3.5 | 847 | 11,854 | 66.7% | 60.0% | |
| 46.67% | 30 | 1.6 | 673 | 10,839 | 22.2% | 57.1% | |
| 56.67% | 30 | 4.2 | 633 | 9,597 | 52.9% | 61.5% | |
| 51.72% | 29 | 4.8 | 671 | 11,363 | 25.0% | 70.6% | |
| 48.28% | 29 | 3.4 | 820 | 11,030 | 40.0% | 57.1% | |
| 51.85% | 27 | 5.8 | 817 | 12,256 | 55.6% | 50.0% | |
| 53.85% | 26 | 6.4 | 886 | 10,965 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 46.15% | 26 | 3.3 | 696 | 11,246 | 64.3% | 25.0% | |
| 40.00% | 25 | 5.9 | 898 | 10,869 | 61.5% | 16.7% | |
| 41.67% | 24 | 5.4 | 780 | 11,151 | 45.5% | 38.5% | |
| 50.00% | 24 | 1.8 | 772 | 12,336 | 60.0% | 42.9% | |
| 43.48% | 23 | 1.8 | 654 | 10,269 | 54.5% | 33.3% | |
| 60.87% | 23 | 3.0 | 851 | 10,161 | 57.1% | 66.7% | |
| 68.18% | 22 | 4.8 | 792 | 10,855 | 62.5% | 71.4% | |
| 40.91% | 22 | 3.4 | 621 | 9,604 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 52.38% | 21 | 6.3 | 855 | 11,365 | 72.7% | 30.0% | |
| 40.00% | 20 | 5.0 | 774 | 10,994 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 2.9 | 633 | 10,592 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 4.8 | 825 | 11,516 | 55.6% | 60.0% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 1.4 | 696 | 13,299 | 40.0% | 42.9% | |
| 68.42% | 19 | 1.2 | 725 | 12,748 | 87.5% | 54.5% | |
| 42.11% | 19 | 1.6 | 714 | 12,357 | 33.3% | 46.1% | |
| 63.16% | 19 | 5.0 | 720 | 10,479 | 42.9% | 75.0% | |
| 68.42% | 19 | 4.1 | 773 | 10,354 | 63.6% | 75.0% | |
| 27.78% | 18 | 3.7 | 769 | 10,491 | 14.3% | 36.4% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 1.8 | 755 | 11,761 | 66.7% | 46.7% | |
| 38.89% | 18 | 1.6 | 692 | 11,974 | 50.0% | 30.0% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 5.3 | 835 | 11,014 | 50.0% | 58.3% | |
| 29.41% | 17 | 1.4 | 713 | 10,465 | 25.0% | 33.3% | |
| 25.00% | 16 | 1.7 | 636 | 10,283 | 12.5% | 37.5% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 1.5 | 725 | 12,237 | 66.7% | 44.4% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 2.0 | 718 | 11,672 | 20.0% | 60.0% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 5.3 | 758 | 10,526 | 22.2% | 83.3% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 1.6 | 689 | 12,706 | 25.0% | 71.4% | |
| 35.71% | 14 | 1.3 | 652 | 11,636 | 33.3% | 37.5% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 1.0 | 680 | 11,229 | 25.0% | 60.0% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 2.6 | 667 | 10,840 | 50.0% | 55.6% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 4.6 | 746 | 12,472 | 50.0% | 63.6% | |
| 61.54% | 13 | 2.1 | 773 | 11,666 | 66.7% | 57.1% | |
| 46.15% | 13 | 6.0 | 761 | 11,275 | 40.0% | 50.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 3.2 | 820 | 12,976 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 12 | 3.6 | 807 | 10,875 | 50.0% | 83.3% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 3.9 | 563 | 9,535 | 20.0% | 42.9% | |
| 27.27% | 11 | 4.5 | 897 | 12,063 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 4.6 | 776 | 10,204 | 75.0% | 28.6% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 1.4 | 544 | 10,058 | 40.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 1.6 | 724 | 13,110 | 75.0% | 33.3% | |
| 30.00% | 10 | 4.4 | 784 | 12,557 | 60.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 1.7 | 555 | 9,831 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 6.1 | 900 | 13,092 | 75.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 10 | 5.0 | 833 | 12,555 | 75.0% | 33.3% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 0.8 | 747 | 12,086 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 3.4 | 655 | 9,083 | 25.0% | 80.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 4.8 | 838 | 12,905 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 1.2 | 754 | 12,873 | 66.7% | 16.7% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.3 | 786 | 13,056 | 75.0% | 40.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 1.2 | 645 | 11,376 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 22.22% | 9 | 3.8 | 680 | 11,229 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 3.2 | 720 | 12,160 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 3.5 | 904 | 11,746 | 100.0% | 28.6% | |
| 87.50% | 8 | 1.6 | 722 | 11,690 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 4.1 | 819 | 12,392 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 0.9 | 788 | 11,532 | 25.0% | 75.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 5.2 | 610 | 9,565 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 5.5 | 625 | 10,082 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 85.71% | 7 | 1.1 | 770 | 12,925 | 100.0% | 80.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.3 | 695 | 10,119 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 100.00% | 7 | 6.0 | 777 | 9,258 | 100.0% | 100.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 1.2 | 722 | 14,340 | 33.3% | 100.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 0.9 | 669 | 11,931 | 50.0% | 80.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 2.2 | 738 | 12,706 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 3.2 | 819 | 11,331 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 1.6 | 760 | 12,784 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 5.6 | 904 | 12,481 | 0.0% | 83.3% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 5.3 | 758 | 11,392 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 3.7 | 821 | 12,065 | 50.0% | 25.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 4.1 | 733 | 8,483 | 25.0% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 3.4 | 651 | 11,671 | 100.0% | 60.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 2.7 | 855 | 10,319 | 0.0% | 66.7% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 6.0 | 780 | 9,946 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 1.4 | 555 | 11,981 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 2.4 | 678 | 11,926 | 33.3% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 3.4 | 883 | 14,781 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.4 | 845 | 10,287 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
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Morgana vs Nautilus - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Morgana do against Nautilus in League of Legends?
Morgana wins the Morgana vs Nautilus matchup with a 50.4% win rate compared to Nautilus's 49.6%, a 0.9 percentage point difference. This data is based on 343 recent ranked games in patch 26.3.
How does Morgana do against Nautilus in the early game?
In the early game, Morgana has the advantage against Nautilus with a 52.0% win rate versus 48.0%. Morgana players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Morgana do against Nautilus in the late game?
In the late game, Nautilus takes over the Morgana vs Nautilus matchup with a 50.8% win rate compared to 49.2%. Nautilus scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Morgana vs Nautilus matchup?
Morgana wins the matchup against Nautilus with a 50.4% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.3. The 0.9 percentage point advantage means Morgana is slightly favored in this lane matchup based on 343 games analyzed.
What is the best Morgana build against Nautilus?
The best Morgana build against Nautilus includes Liandry's Torment, Imperial Mandate, Blackfire Torch with Ionian Boots of Lucidity. This build achieves a 66.7% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Morgana runes against Nautilus?
The best Morgana runes against Nautilus use the Inspiration primary tree with Sorcery secondary. This rune setup achieves a 52.9% win rate in the Morgana vs Nautilus matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Morgana counter Nautilus?
Yes, Morgana has a favorable matchup against Nautilus with a 50.4% win rate. Morgana slightly edges out Nautilus in lane based on current patch 26.3 data.
How do I play Morgana against Nautilus?
When playing Morgana against Nautilus, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.