Malphite vs Ryze
How to Beat Ryze as Malphite
based on 1,300 Malphite vs Ryze matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Ryze Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Ryze Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ryze as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Ryze
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 Ryze
Ryze is especially dangerous to opponents that are marked with Flux.
Use Realm Warp's windup time to figure out how to deal with what may be coming out of the portal.
Crowd controlling Ryze during Realm Warp's windup will cancel the portal.
Malphite vs Ryze Counter Stats
How to Counter Ryze with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Malphite versus Ryze counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ryze’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ryze..
Malphite often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Ryze. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Ryze
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Who is Better, Malphite or Ryze?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when taking on Ryze, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a good counter for Ryze.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Ryze, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Ryze.
Additionally, Malphite also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ryze. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Ryze 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 team members during team fights.
Malphite is an above average counter for Ryze. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Ryze.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malphite
Additional Information for Malphite Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to counter Ryze during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Ryze. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malphite versus Ryze build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Ryze than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 52.1% battling Ryze with this build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Ryze as Malphite, you should use 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 sets players chose for Malphite vs Ryze clashes, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.1% winrate overall.
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