Malphite vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Malphite
based on 5,576 Malphite vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Malphite vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Malphite against Leona matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between these two champs. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Leona..
Malphite often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Leona
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Who is Better, Malphite or Leona?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually loses when facing off against Leona, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a bad counter to Leona.
While Malphite does have a lower win rate compared to Leona, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Malphite into Leona.
Additionally, Malphite has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Malphite is a bad counter for Leona. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to counter Leona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often picks up much more CS compared to Leona. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Malphite versus Leona build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Leona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 48.0% when countering Leona with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Leona as Malphite, Malphite players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Malphite vs Leona fights, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.0% winrate overall.
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