Karthus vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Karthus
based on 1,838 Karthus vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Karthus vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Karthus vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Karthus
Tips for Playing as Karthus against Malphite
Lay Waste is very strong at farming minions and harassing enemy champions.
Ask your allies to help point out when you should use Requiem to get kills in different lanes.
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.
Karthus vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Karthus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Karthus vs. Malphite counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Karthus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Karthus may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malphite. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in deaths.
Karthus typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Karthus and Malphite
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Who is Better, Karthus or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Karthus usually loses when trying to fight Malphite, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Karthus makes a poor counter to Malphite.
While Karthus does have a lower winrate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Karthus also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Karthus into Malphiteas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Karthus also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Karthus vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Karthus is a garbage counter for Malphite. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Karthus against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Karthus 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Karthus often racks up less CS compared to Malphite. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Karthus versus Malphite build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Liandry's Torment. When Karthus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Malphite than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Karthus boasted an average winrate of 46.6% battling Malphite with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Malphite as Karthus, Karthus players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Karthus vs Malphite matchups, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.6% win rate overall.
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