Malphite vs Lee Sin
How to Beat Lee Sin as Malphite
based on 4,446 Malphite vs Lee Sin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Lee Sin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Lee Sin
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 Lee Sin
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Malphite vs Lee Sin Counter Stats
How to Counter Lee Sin with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several strategic Malphite versus Lee Sin matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Lee Sin’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lee Sin..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Lee Sin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Lee Sin
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Who is Better, Malphite or Lee Sin?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Lee Sin, with a 53.9% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a great counter to Lee Sin.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate compared to Lee Sin, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Lee Sin.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Lee Sin matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a great counter for Lee Sin. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Lee Sin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to counter Lee Sin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually picks up much more CS compared to Lee Sin. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Malphite versus Lee Sin build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Thornmail. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Lee Sin than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 53.9% when playing against Lee Sin with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Lee Sin as Malphite, Malphite players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Malphite vs Lee Sin counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.9% winrate overall.
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