Morgana vs Renata Glasc Counter Pick

Renata Glasc is the frailer of the pair by a wide margin: 545 base health growing to 2,143 at level 18, against 630 and 2,398. One Dark Binding landing on that health bar is usually the whole exchange, and over 211 games on patch 16.13.1 Morgana converts it into a 55.9% record.

The difficulty ratings — 8 against 1 — describe the same gap from another angle. Handshake has to hit a target, root it, and then be recast to throw that target somewhere useful. Bailout has to be timed on an ally who will actually secure a takedown. Hostile Takeover has to catch enough enemies to be worth the cooldown. Dark Binding asks for one skillshot, and Black Shield asks for one prediction. Handshake is also the only hard lock in the kit, so spending it to escape means the follow-up throw is simply lost.

Renata Glasc does hold the range advantage at 550 against 450, and the pair share a magic damage profile and 30 magic resistance, so the poking war is genuinely hers. What she lacks is a fallback when it goes wrong: 27 starting armor and 330 move speed leave no way out. Loyalty Program shields allies while slowing and damaging enemies, softening Tormented Shadow, and Leverage rewards her team for focusing whoever she has marked. The matchup breaks on Soul Shackles, which punishes exactly the crowded fight Hostile Takeover is built to create.