Graves vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Graves
based on 6,780 Graves vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Malphite
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Graves vs. Malphite matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malphite..
Graves typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Malphite. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Graves and Malphite
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Who is Better, Graves or Malphite?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when taking on Malphite, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Graves makes an ok counter to Malphite.
While Graves does have a lower win rate than Malphite, when facing one another, Graves also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Graves into Malphite.
Additionally, Graves also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Graves vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Graves is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Graves against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves to counter Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves most often accumulates less CS compared to Malphite. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Graves versus Malphite build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Hubris. When Graves bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Malphite than with many other common item sets. In fact, Graves had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Malphite as Graves, Graves players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Graves vs Malphite battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.5% win rate overall.
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