Braum vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Braum
based on 1,815 Braum vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Braum vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Braum vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Braum
Tips for Playing as Braum against Malphite
Glacial Fissure leaves a powerful slow zone, position it well to split teamfights and slow the enemy approach.
Leap in front of squishy friends and shield them from projectiles with Unbreakable.
Work with your allies to stack Concussive Blows, encourage them to basic attack marked targets.
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.
Braum vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Braum in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Braum against Malphite counter stats that can help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Braum’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Braum may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Braum often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Braum and Malphite
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Who is Better, Braum or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Braum usually fairs equally well when playing against Malphite, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Braum makes an ok counter for Malphite.
While Braum does have a higher win rate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Braum also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Braum into Malphite.
Moreover, Braum also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Braum vs Malphite matchups, Braum is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Braum is a decent counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Braum against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Braum in order to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Braum typically picks up a lot less CS relative to Malphite. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Braum versus Malphite build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Braum combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Malphite than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Braum boasted an average win rate of 50.8% battling Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Malphite as Braum, you should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Braum vs Malphite counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
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