Utility mage build for dirty tempo: Morgana wins when she slows enemy reads, forces a bad step into a bind, then protects the allied response with shield. The build must therefore keep poke, utility, and safety together instead of overcommitting to raw AP.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
12,200 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Utility build, maximizes support provided to your carry.
10,250 total cost -1950g
Allied carry to protect: Shyvana, Aurelion Sol.
Open this draft in the tool →Defensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
Black Mist Scythe›
Rylai's Crystal Scepter›
Mantle of the Twelfth Hour›
Zhonya's Hourglass›
Ardent Censer
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,400 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Magic penetration build targeting enemy resistances. Pick this if the enemy stacks magic resist.
14,900 total cost -500gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,500 total cost +100gShare of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,400 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Magic penetration build targeting enemy resistances. Pick this if the enemy stacks magic resist.
14,900 total cost -500gDefensive build adding survivability. Pick this against high enemy damage or when behind.
15,500 total cost +100gShare of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Morgana does not win only through raw damage; she wins by making space dangerous, enemy engages imperfect and movement mistakes immediately punishable.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
the Q Dark Binding roots the target 3 secondes, guaranteeing the hit Arcane Comet.
Spamming pick Qs is costly — the stacked pool keeps a black shield always available.
Reduces cooldown of the Q Dark Binding to capturer more often targets.
Zone W and Q add the burn every rotation — your lane poke becomes kill pressure.
Discourages dives onto you — burst crashes into it while your 3-second root answers.
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
Transcendence
Bone Plating
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
