Aatrox vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Aatrox
based on 7,030 Aatrox vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Malphite
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Aatrox vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Aatrox in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some important Aatrox against Malphite counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..
Aatrox often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Malphite. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Aatrox and Malphite
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Malphite?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when taking on Malphite, with a 50.0% win rate. As a result, Aatrox makes an ok counter for Malphite.
While Aatrox does have a higher win rate than Malphite, when on opposite teams, Aatrox also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Malphite.
Additionally, Aatrox has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Aatrox is a decent counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Malphite.
Other Champion Matchups Against Aatrox
Additional Information for Aatrox Players
How We Calculated Our Aatrox vs Malphite Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aatrox in order to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Malphite build consist of Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Aatrox combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Malphite than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Malphite as Aatrox, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Aatrox vs Malphite counter picks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Malphite as Aatrox are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu at the top of this page.