How to Play Morgana Top: Tips & Power Spikes (26.19)

Max order: W > Q > E
First item: Blackfire Torch12.2 min
Gold vs lane at 15: +168
Win rate 1k gold ahead: 75.7%

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Morgana Power Spikes (Patch 26.19)

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When Morgana Top gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Morgana wins most.

Lv 3
All three basic abilities at level 3
Morgana's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
Lv 6
Ultimate rank 1 at level 6
The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Morgana hits it.
Lv 11
Ultimate rank 2 at level 11
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Morgana can start or win.
Lv 16
Ultimate rank 3 at level 16
Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Morgana can start or win.
12.2 min
First item at 12.2 min
Blackfire Torch is done — Morgana's first real damage or durability spike.
40 min
Strongest in games of about 40 minutes
Morgana wins 52.8% of games that end around this point.

Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.

Morgana Top Laning Plan

Morgana recovers well from behind: a lost lane is not a lost game, so keep farming and wait for teamfights. On average Morgana Top is 168 gold ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in 54% of games. Morgana averages 1.30 solo kills by 15 minutes.

Morgana win rate by gold at 15

1,000+ gold ahead75.7%
Ahead57.6%
Behind43.1%

Morgana Mid and Late Game

What Morgana does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.

Play to these strengths

Morgana brings crowd control (percentile 97): start the fight or follow up on a teammate's engage.
Morgana out-wards most champions (percentile 87): keep owning vision around the next objective.
Morgana wins 5.5 points more in short games than long ones: group, take objectives and end before the enemy scales.

Mistakes to avoid

Morgana is not a damage carry (17/100): don't take fights expecting Morgana to win them alone.

Playing Morgana

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.
Tormented Shadow is an excellent farming tool if you're by yourself in a lane.

Playing 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.
Morgana often needs to land Dark Binding to setup her other attacks. Use your minions as shields against Dark Binding.
Black Shield makes Morgana immune to disabling effects, but can be broken with magic damage.

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How to Play Morgana FAQ - Patch 26.19

When does Morgana power spike?

Morgana's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16; First item at 12.2 min.

Can Morgana come back from behind?

Morgana wins 43% of games when behind in gold at 15 minutes (over 72 games), against 58% when ahead — so a lost lane costs Morgana games, but it is not decisive.

What is Morgana's first item?

Most Morgana players finish Blackfire Torch first, at a median of 12.2 minutes.

How do you play Morgana Top?

From this patch's ranked data, Morgana wins by playing to these strengths: start fights with crowd control; control vision; end the game early.

Morgana How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes