Malphite vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Malphite
based on 4,206 Malphite vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Malphite vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several important Malphite versus Nami matchup stats that can help you understand the differences between the two. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Malphite normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Nami
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Who is Better, Malphite or Nami?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Nami, with a 52.2% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a good counter to Nami.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Nami.
Moreover, Malphite has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Nami matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Malphite is an above average counter to Nami. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Nami during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often picks up much more CS compared to Nami. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Malphite versus Nami build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Thornmail. When Malphite included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Nami than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 52.2% battling Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Nami as Malphite, you should take 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 that we analyzed for Malphite vs Nami face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.2% winrate overall.
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