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Recommended Items
Runes: Comet (default)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10% Tenacity/Slow Resist
Spells:
Flash
Teleport
Items
Ability Order Default
Soul Siphon (PASSIVE)
Morgana Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Kassadin
Pretty much impossible for you to actually kill him, so he will simply outscale you for free. Your only chance here is to coordinate with your jungler and try to put him behind early.
Leona
Time to hand out afk warnings together.
Leona
Time to hand out afk warnings together.
INTRODUCTION
★ About this Guide ★ ★ Pros & Cons ★
PRE-GAME
★ Summoner Spells ★
CHAMPION INFO
★ Skill Sequence ★ ★ Items ★
GAMEPLAY
★ Mid Game ★ ★ Late Game ★
CONCLUSION
★ Summary ★ ★ Future Plans ★ ★ Credits ★ |


I haven't played any SoloQ in season 12 yet because I find ranked stressful and I'm currently more focused on university and playing other games, but I peaked at Dia 1 in season 11, making me, I believe, the highest ranked midlane Morgana main/OTP on EUW at that time.
I also managed to hit Dia with a 77% winrate on midlane Morgana before.
On leagueofgraphs I peaked at rank 34 Morgana world when I was coming off of a 19 game winstreak on a smurf.



First, this is by no means a perfect




Second, I want to emphasize that I do not consider


+ strong AP scalings + good utility + oppressive when ahead + very versatile build + can farm and break freezes safely + still useful when behind ![]() |
- bad trading in lane - high mana costs - very reliant on hitting Q - many hard match-ups - terrible early game - highest DPS ability is stationary ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |

Arcane Comet |
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Summon Aery |
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Unsealed Spellbook |
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Manaflow Band |
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Trans-cendence |
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Absolute Focus |
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Sorch |
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Gathering Storm |
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Magical Footwear |
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Perfect Timing |
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Future's Market |
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Minion Dematerial-izer |
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Biscuit Delivery |
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Cosmic Insight |
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Cheap Shot |
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Taste of Blood |
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Ghost Poro |
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Eyeball Collection |
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Ingenious Hunter |
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Presence of Mind |
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Legend: Tenacity |
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Cut Down |
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Font of Life |
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Bone Plating |
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Overgrowth |
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Flash |
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Teleport |
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Ignite |
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Barrier |
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When to pick: Whenever you need a bit of extra survival. This is often the case against assassins or other champions with a lot of burst. Good examples would be ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the shield provided by ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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When to pick: Whenever you need a bit of extra safety against champions who are capable of dealing a lot of damage over a few seconds. Bonus points if they're also very mobile. Good examples are ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() How to use: Use it on an enemy champion trying to kill you, ideally right before they will deal a lot of damage to you. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() You can also use it to make sure a critical ![]() ![]() |
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The ability max order of Midlane












Generally speaking, for Midlane

The ideal skill sequence for the first 4 points can vary a lot depending on the midlane match-up, the junglers and whether either team is invading or not. Don't use your first skillpoint immediately, wait and see what happens so you can still skill Q quickly if there's an invade happening.
Definitely skill Q when your team plans to invade.
Starting with W, on the other hand, can be helpful to match the push of lane opponents that will be looking to shove the wave into your tower immediately, such as Ekko, Nunu, Aurelion Sol etc. In a case like that, do your best to match their push because you do not want to end up in a situation where you need to lasthit under your tower -


Whether you want E on level 2, 3 or 4 depends on whether there's anything important you might have to spellshield, obviously. This could be an early gank by a jungler that relies in cc to some extend, but also a lane opponent who plans to all-in you at level 2. In some matchups where your E is almost entirely useless (such as

Basically, think about what your lane opponent will be trying to achieve during the early levels and make an informed decision on what to skill based on that. Also think about who the enemy jungler is, where they are most likely starting, whether there's any chance that they will level 2 gank you, level 3 gank you, et cetera.
In this section, I will cover the viable mythic items on

Everfrost |
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Liandry's Anguish |
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Luden's Tempest |
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In this section, I will talk about your legendary item options. None of them are absolutely mandatory. They all have certain situations where they shine, and it's important that you understand that in order to make the right decisions.
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Horizon Focus |
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Morello- nomicon |
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Void Staff |
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Banshee's Veil |
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Mejai's Soulstealer |
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Demonic Embrace |
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Rylai's Crystal Scepter |
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The ideal starting items are a







Try to pick up as much farm and experience as you can without exposing yourself to too much risk. Try to keep the minion wave somewhere near the middle of the lane. You absolutely don't want it inside your own tower since

When using the



When using the





You can look for trades during this phase if the enemy laner happens to walk into your


When trading with the enemy laner, weave in a lot of autoattacks when possible since you usually have nothing better to do while waiting for your cooldowns to come back up, but be mindful of the minion aggro this will cause. Also do not use your







If your jungler ganks your lane, make sure to chain your cc together. If they have any kind of very easy-to-use cc such as






Once you hit level 6 and gain access to






Once you have both your R and your



If you are new to Midlane




Don't forget to pick up cs through all of this. While



You are extremely hard to dive for almost any enemy due to





Always keep a



When skirmishing, either use your




Try to group with your team at all times now. You are not a splitpusher. You can catch sidelane waves if necessary if you have

Just like during the midgame, vision is still extremely important. Keep buying


How you want to use



Don't forget to keep your


Practice, practice, practice. Unlike some players, I do not believe that you have be "naturally made" for skillshots. The more you play champions with skillshots, the better you will get at hitting them. However, there are a few tips I can think of that go beyond just practicing:
1. Use vision to your advantage. If the enemy cannot see you while you're casting

2. Figure out a specific enemy player's dodge pattern. Many players always dodge skillshots in the same way. They have a preferred direction to dodge in, or maybe they like to stand still and "dodge" by making you think they're going to dodge when they aren't. Try to remember these patters and use it to your advantage.
3. Enemies close to a wall have less directions to dodge in. Pretty self-explanatory. Players in the middle of a wide open space have much more options when dodging than players who are sandwiched between a tower and a wall.
4. If the enemy you're trying to hit is very mobile and someone on your team has a CC ability that is much easier to land, wait for them to use it first.
5. Attempt to hit enemies when they are distracted. A


6. Think about what an enemy is currently trying to do to correctly predict their path of movement. Where are they going? Why? Do they know where you are? Do they know you can see them? Et cetera.
7. Use the chaos of teamfights to your advantage. It's much harder for your enemies to spot out a single

I hope this helps. Other than that, just practice.

You could check out the Morgana Mains subreddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/MorganaMains/). You can also always send me a friend request on EUW to ask me any questions that you might have and I'll do my best to answer them.
Of course. I am just here to give recommendations. Maybe something else suits your own playstyle better. Actively thinking about what to build etc. and not just blindly following guides is always a good thing.

While

Because I wanted to! I enjoy writing these kind of things and I saw that there wasn't many in-depth or up-to-date guides for Midlane




I'm not a native English speaker, I hope my English wasn't too terrible!
Please let me know if you have any kind of constructive feedback, both for the content of this guide as well as for the structure of the guide itself.
I hope that you've learned something from this guide and that I've inspired you to try out Midlane

1. Keep making changes to the item and rune section as the season 12 meta develops.
2. Create a more detailed matchup section with clear recommendations for runes, items and summoner spells.
3. Include video examples of many things in the guide.
4. Make a full video version of this guide for those who prefer watching and listening over reading.
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