Maokai vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Maokai
based on 5,940 Maokai vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Malphite
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Advice to Win Against Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Maokai vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Maokai in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several valuable Maokai versus Malphite matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Malphite. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Malphite
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Who is Better, Maokai or Malphite?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Malphite, with a 52.7% win rate. Therefore, Maokai makes a good counter for Malphite.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate than Malphite, when facing one another, Maokai also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Maokai into Malphite.
Moreover, Maokai has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Malphite matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a good counter to Malphite. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Maokai against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average picks up less CS relative to Malphite. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Maokai versus Malphite build include Trailblazer, Frozen Heart, and Solstice Sleigh. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Malphite than with most other common builds. In fact, Maokai had an average winrate of 52.7% when playing against Malphite with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Malphite as Maokai, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Maokai vs Malphite matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.7% winrate overall.
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