Malphite vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Malphite
based on 7,839 Malphite vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Malphite vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some critical Malphite vs. Pantheon counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the two. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Pantheon..
Malphite typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Pantheon. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Malphite or Pantheon?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Pantheon, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a good counter for Pantheon.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Pantheon.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Pantheon matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Pantheon. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Pantheon during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Pantheon. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Malphite versus Pantheon build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Pantheon than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Pantheon with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Pantheon as Malphite, you 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 builds that we analyzed for Malphite vs Pantheon LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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