Malphite vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Malphite
based on 4,825 Malphite vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Malphite vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Malphite in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some significant Malphite against Malzahar matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Malphite usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Malphite or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when playing against Malzahar, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Malphite does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar 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 somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Malphite versus Malzahar build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Thornmail. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Malzahar as Malphite, Malphite players should use 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 Malzahar matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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