Lee Sin vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Lee Sin
based on 4,446 Lee Sin vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Malphite
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Lee Sin in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several valuable Lee Sin against Malphite counter stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malphite..
Lee Sin normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Malphite. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Malphite
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when playing against Malphite, with a 46.1% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a bad counter to Malphite.
While Lee Sin does have a lower winrate than Malphite, when they face off with one another, Lee Sin also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Lee Sin into Malphite.
Additionally, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Lee Sin 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 allies during team fights.
Lee Sin is a bad counter for Malphite. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin often racks up a lot less CS as Malphite. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Malphite build include Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Malphite than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Lee Sin boasted an average win rate of 46.1% when playing against Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Malphite as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Lee Sin vs Malphite clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.1% win rate overall.
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