Malphite vs Urgot
How to Beat Urgot as Malphite
based on 2,509 Malphite vs Urgot matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Urgot Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Urgot Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Urgot as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Urgot
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 Urgot
If you are struck by Fear Beyond Death, do your best to avoid falling below the execution threshold (25% of your Maximum Health) until the effect times out.
Urgot relies heavily on blasting opponents with his legs, which have their own cooldowns and only detonate when he attacks in the direction they are facing. Avoid getting hit by multiple.
Urgot can deal and absorb tremendous amounts of damage with Purge, but slows himself while firing.
Malphite vs Urgot Counter Stats
How to Counter Urgot with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here feature several important Malphite against Urgot matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Urgot’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Urgot..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Urgot. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Urgot
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Who is Better, Malphite or Urgot?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Urgot, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes an ok counter for Urgot.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate compared to Urgot, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Urgot.
Moreover, Malphite also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Urgot. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Urgot matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Urgot. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Urgot.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Urgot 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Urgot. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Malphite versus Urgot build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Urgot than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Urgot with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Urgot 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 builds we have analyed for Malphite vs Urgot counters, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.
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