Malphite vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Malphite
based on 985 Malphite vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Malphite vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some influential Malphite vs. Nidalee matchup stats that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nidalee’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nidalee..
Malphite normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nidalee. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Malphite or Nidalee?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when playing against Nidalee, with a 56.2% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Malphite does have a much higher win rate than Nidalee, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Nidalee.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Nidalee 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 to Nidalee. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite most often racks up much more CS relative to Nidalee. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malphite versus Nidalee build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Nidalee than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 56.2% when countering Nidalee with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Nidalee 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. Of all the rune sets players chose for Malphite vs Nidalee matchups, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 56.2% win rate overall.
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