Malphite vs Katarina
How to Beat Katarina as Malphite
based on 5,158 Malphite vs Katarina matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Katarina Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Katarina Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Katarina as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Katarina
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 Katarina
Katarina's abilities deal magic damage, so even if she's building Attack Damage items, get magic resistance to counter her.
Try to save a disable for when Katarina uses her Death Lotus.
Malphite vs Katarina Counter Stats
How to Counter Katarina with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some influential Malphite versus Katarina counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Katarina’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Katarina..
Malphite typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Katarina. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Katarina
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Who is Better, Malphite or Katarina?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when facing off against Katarina, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes an ok counter to Katarina.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Katarina, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Katarina.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Katarina. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Katarina matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Katarina. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Katarina.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite in order to counter Katarina during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Katarina. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Malphite versus Katarina build include Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Katarina than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 50.8% battling Katarina with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Katarina as Malphite, Malphite players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Malphite vs Katarina counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.
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