Nami vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Nami
based on 4,206 Nami vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Malphite
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several critical Nami against Malphite counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malphite. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nami often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Malphite. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Malphite
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Who is Better, Nami or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nami usually loses when facing off against Malphite, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Nami makes a poor counter for Malphite.
While Nami does have a lower win rate than Malphite, when on opposite teams, Nami also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Nami into Malphite.
Furthermore, Nami also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Nami is a bad counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nami to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Malphite. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nami versus Malphite build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Nami bought at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Malphite than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing against Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Malphite as Nami, Nami players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Nami vs Malphite counterpicks, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
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