Caitlyn vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Caitlyn
based on 15,634 Caitlyn vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Malphite
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown here show several significant Caitlyn vs. Malphite matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malphite..
Caitlyn often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Malphite. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Malphite
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when playing against Malphite, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Caitlyn makes a bad counter for Malphite.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Malphite, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Caitlyn into Malphite.
Additionally, Caitlyn also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Caitlyn versus Malphite build include Bloodthirster, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Caitlyn included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs Malphite than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when playing against Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Malphite as Caitlyn, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Caitlyn vs Malphite battles, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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