Malphite vs Maokai
How to Beat Maokai as Malphite
based on 5,940 Malphite vs Maokai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Maokai Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Maokai Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Maokai as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Maokai
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 Maokai
The cooldown on Maokai's self healing is heavily gated on how many time you hit him with spells. Careful about wasting abilities on him.
Maokai will avoid taking damage while he's using Twisted Advance, so don't waste your spells.
Saplings will chase the first enemy that gets too close, but detonate after a few seconds or if they collide with other enemies. Be especially careful around brush sapling, as they are much more dangerous.
Malphite vs Maokai Counter Stats
How to Counter Maokai with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here feature several vital Malphite against Maokai matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Maokai’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Maokai..
Malphite normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Maokai. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Maokai
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Who is Better, Malphite or Maokai?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually loses when playing against Maokai, with a 47.3% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a poor counter to Maokai.
While Malphite does have a lower winrate than Maokai, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Malphite into Maokai.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Maokai. This 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 in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Maokai matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a garbage counter to Maokai. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Maokai.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Maokai during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite most often picks up more CS compared to Maokai. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Malphite versus Maokai build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Maokai than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 47.3% when playing against Maokai with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Maokai as Malphite, you should take 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 that we analyzed for Malphite vs Maokai counters, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.3% win rate overall.
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