Alistar vs Morgana — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Alistar against Morgana · 50.83% win rate over 2,178 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Winnable despite the lane — Morgana owns 7 of the 7 game windows, yet the win rate favours Alistar: survive their windows and the game is yours. Alistar wins 50.83% of games vs Morgana in support (2,178 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1MorganaMorgana's long Dark Binding root shuts down your L1 engage attempts, keeping her ahead.
Level 2MorganaAt L2 her Q root plus W zone deny your knockup trade, favouring her.
Level 3MorganaBlack Shield at L3 pre-negates your CC, so she controls the lane.
Levels 4-5MorganaThrough L4-5 her root-and-shield combo out-duels your engage, keeping her favoured.
Level 6MorganaAt L6 Black Shield hard-counters your R dive CC, so she wins the spike.
First itemMorganaFirst-item shield uptime keeps your engages neutralised, favouring her.
Two+ itemsMorganaLate, E and R uptime out-value your single-target pick, so Morgana stays ahead.

Early game (levels 1–5)

L1-2 Morgana holds a 2.5s Dark Binding root and her W zones the wave; if she lands Q as you approach you eat W damage while unable to combo, so you must dodge her skillshot to have any threat.

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The full Alistar vs Morgana report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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