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Excellent (9/10)
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Morgana is widely recognized as an exceptionally powerful control champion capable of locking down the most difficult encounters. While her slow, methodical playstyle can lead to lengthy games, her consistency and innate lifesteal make her incredibly reliable.

Infinite Stall

Strategy

Morgana's typical gameplan is to chain the entire enemy board, stalling until the enemy board is completely immobile. Once Morgana comes into play, use her lifesteal to heal up against the helpless enemy board.

On the first few turns, make use of Dark Binding's 'Fast' speed by saving it for enemy attack declaration, so you don't waste it.

Aggressive Support Champion Speedrun (C6)

Strategy

Morgana is usually a very slow champion. At max investment, however, she can try to win as early as turn 1. This build requires her 6-star, her bonus star that gives Support champions the 'Focusing Crystal' item, and ideally the extra epic item on support champions.

The goal is to draft a 1-cost support champion and get Searing Brilliance to hit a cheap spell. With the extra mana from hidden tome, you try to boost the support champions stats to the moon with her c6 and Focusing Crystal. With some good luck with items on the support champ, you can start first-turn-killing partway through the adventure.

For this strategy, you can cut 'Dark Binding' from her deck, since it is too expensive to use for boosting stats via Focusing Crystal.

Sustain & Control (Rare Relics Only)

Strategy

Another version of the 'Control' build that shows how even without max investment or Epic relics, Morgana can deal with even the Zoe adventure.

Other Relic Options
  • Corrupted Star Fragment icon

    Excellent for scaling her stats and gaining keywords like Spellshield from drafted allies, helping to close out games faster.

  • Black Shield icon

    Provides crucial protection against removal and crowd control, especially in adventures with heavy disruption.

Constellation

Morgana is an exceptionally strong champion whose base kit provides immense control. She is highly effective at 3 stars and does not require heavy investment to clear the hardest content. Her constellation upgrades primarily serve to speed up her inherently slow playstyle.

  • Icon for Bound Wings

    Bound Wings

    When you target an enemy, CurseCurse it with Shackles.
  • Icon for Crushing Guilt

    Crushing Guilt

    +1 Starting Mana.
    Round End: Deal 2 to CurseCursed enemies and 1 to the enemy Nexus for each Curse in their hand.
  • Icon for Bound Wings II

    Bound Wings II

    Increase the cost of enemy Curses everywhere by 1.
    When you target an enemy, CurseCurse it with Shackles.
  • Icon for Spellslinger

    Spellslinger

    Your spells cost 1 less.
    Review

    This upgrade is highly impactful. By granting Spellslinger to reduce the cost of her spells, it allows her control tools to be played much earlier and more frequently, effectively eliminating her mana issues when combined with cost-reducing relics like Echoing Spirit.

  • Icon for Manaflow

    Manaflow

    Game Start: Get a mana gem.
    Review

    Providing an extra mana gem is a significant tempo boost, allowing Morgana to be deployed as early as turn two. This is crucial for establishing early board control in higher-difficulty adventures.

  • Icon for Share My Torment

    Share My Torment

    When you CurseCurse an enemy, grant allies +1|+0.
    Review

    Players disagree about Morgana's 6-star power. Some consider it a necessary quality-of-life upgrade that drastically speeds up her slow win condition by providing much-needed attack stats. While others find it underwhelming, noting that it only buffs units currently on the board, which contradicts her typical strategy of maintaining a small, controlled board.

Gameplay Tips
  • Targeting Bypasses Spellshield

Morgana's curse application triggers on any spell that targets an enemy, including multi-target spells. Because the curse is applied via her champion power and not the spell itself, it bypasses Spellshield entirely.

  • Hand Size Management

A full enemy hand prevents curses from being added. Wait for the AI to play cards and free up hand space before casting your shackling spells to ensure the curses take effect.

  • Wicked Harvest Sustain

Morgana's innate lifesteal applies to the damage dealt by Wicked Harvest. Playing her will heal your Nexus for massive amounts, allowing you to easily recover from early chip damage and making her incredibly resilient.

  • Avoid Discard Powers

Do not take adventure powers or items that force the enemy to discard cards (like Brain Worm). These effects can randomly discard the curses you have placed in their hand, undermining your primary control strategy.