Malphite vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Malphite
based on 1,908 Malphite vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Kassadin
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 Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Malphite vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several critical Malphite vs. Kassadin counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kassadin’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kassadin..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Kassadin. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Malphite or Kassadin?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually loses when playing against Kassadin, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a bad counter for Kassadin.
While Malphite does have a lower win rate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Malphite into Kassadin.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malphite is a trash counter to Kassadin. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to counter Kassadin during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Kassadin. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malphite versus Kassadin build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Kassadin than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Kassadin with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Kassadin as Malphite, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Malphite vs Kassadin counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.5% win rate overall.
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