Malphite vs Seraphine
How to Beat Seraphine as Malphite
based on 6,927 Malphite vs Seraphine matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Seraphine Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Seraphine Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Seraphine as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Seraphine
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.
Malphite vs Seraphine Counter Stats
How to Counter Seraphine with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Malphite vs. Seraphine counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Seraphine’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Seraphine..
Malphite typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Seraphine. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Seraphine
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Who is Better, Malphite or Seraphine?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when playing against Seraphine, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes an ok counter for Seraphine.
While Malphite does have a lower winrate than Seraphine, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Seraphine.
Moreover, Malphite also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Seraphine. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Seraphine matchups, Seraphine is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malphite is a somewhat poor counter to Seraphine. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Seraphine.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Seraphine during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Seraphine. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Malphite versus Seraphine build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Seraphine than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 49.8% battling Seraphine with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Seraphine as Malphite, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Malphite vs Seraphine face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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