Malphite vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Malphite
based on 6,161 Malphite vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Diana
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Advice to Win Against Diana
Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.
Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.
Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.
Malphite vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Malphite versus Diana counter stats that can help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Diana’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Diana..
Malphite normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Diana. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Diana
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Who is Better, Malphite or Diana?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Diana, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes an ok counter for Diana.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Diana, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Diana.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Diana matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Diana. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite to counter Diana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Diana. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Malphite versus Diana build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Diana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Diana with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Diana as Malphite, Malphite players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Malphite vs Diana counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
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