Malphite vs Zeri
How to Beat Zeri as Malphite
based on 1,489 Malphite vs Zeri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Zeri Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Zeri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zeri as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Zeri
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 Zeri Counter Stats
How to Counter Zeri with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Malphite against Zeri counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zeri’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zeri..
Malphite usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zeri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Zeri
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Who is Better, Malphite or Zeri?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when playing against Zeri, with a 53.3% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a great counter to Zeri.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Zeri, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Zeri.
Additionally, Malphite has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zeri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting 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 Zeri 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a great counter to Zeri. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Zeri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite in order to counter Zeri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zeri. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Malphite versus Zeri build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Zeri than with most other common builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 53.3% when playing against Zeri with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Zeri 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Malphite vs Zeri clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.3% winrate overall.
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