Heimerdinger vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Heimerdinger
based on 2,240 Heimerdinger vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Malphite
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several critical Heimerdinger against Malphite counter statistics that can help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malphite..
Heimerdinger usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Malphite. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Malphite
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Heimerdinger makes a bad counter for Malphite.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower winrate than Malphite, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Heimerdinger into Malphiteas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a somewhat poor counter for Malphite. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger most often gets a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Malphite build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Heimerdinger used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Malphite than with many other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average winrate of 48.4% battling Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Malphite as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Heimerdinger vs Malphite counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.
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