Malphite vs Rammus
How to Beat Rammus as Malphite
based on 2,620 Malphite vs Rammus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Rammus Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Rammus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rammus as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Rammus
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 Rammus
Rammus often stacks high Armor, leaving him especially vulnerable to caster damage while not in Defensive Ball Curl.
Pay particular attention to when his Defensive Ball Curl is off. Rammus has much lower stats than a normal tank when he's out of the stance.
Malphite vs Rammus Counter Stats
How to Counter Rammus with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some significant Malphite vs. Rammus counter stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rammus’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rammus..
Malphite typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Rammus. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Rammus
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Who is Better, Malphite or Rammus?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually loses when facing off against Rammus, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a poor counter for Rammus.
While Malphite does have a lower win rate compared to Rammus, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Rammus.
Moreover, Malphite has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rammus. 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Rammus matchups, Rammus is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malphite is a somewhat poor counter for Rammus. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Rammus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Rammus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often accumulates much more CS relative to Rammus. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Malphite versus Rammus build include Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Rammus than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 48.4% when playing against Rammus with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Rammus 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 runes players used for Malphite vs Rammus battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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