Malphite vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Malphite
based on 16,872 Malphite vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Jhin Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Malphite Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Jhin as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Malphite vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several significant Malphite versus Jhin counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jhin..
Malphite usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Jhin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Jhin
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Malphite or Jhin?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually loses when facing off against Jhin, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a poor counter to Jhin.
While Malphite does have a lower win rate compared to Jhin, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Jhin.
Furthermore, Malphite has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Malphite is a somewhat poor counter to Jhin. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Jhin.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malphite
Additional Information for Malphite Players
How We Calculated Our Malphite vs Jhin Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Jhin during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jhin. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, 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 many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Malphite versus Jhin build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Jhin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Jhin with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Jhin as Malphite, Malphite players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Malphite vs Jhin clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Jhin as Malphite are given for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you can use the selection menu located above.