Nilah vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Nilah
based on 2,361 Nilah vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Nilah in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some influential Nilah vs. Malphite matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Malphite. This observation is largely a result of the differences in deaths.
Nilah normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they receives a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Malphite
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Who is Better, Nilah or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually fairs equally well when playing against Malphite, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes an ok counter to Malphite.
While Nilah does have a higher winrate than Malphite, when on opposite teams, Nilah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nilah into Malphiteas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Nilah also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Malphite matchups, Nilah 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.
Nilah is a decent counter for Malphite. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nilah in order to counter Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nilah versus Malphite build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Nilah included at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better against Malphite than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nilah had an average winrate of 50.6% when countering Malphite with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Malphite as Nilah, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Nilah vs Malphite counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malphite as Nilah are given for all skill levels, merged. To filter the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.