Sett vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Sett
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Sett vs Malphite Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Sett
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.
Sett vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Sett in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several vital Sett vs. Malphite matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..
Sett typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sett and Malphite
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Who is Better, Sett or Malphite?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sett usually fairs equally well when taking on Malphite, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Sett makes an ok counter to Malphite.
While Sett does have a lower winrate than Malphite, when on opposite teams, Sett also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sett into Malphite.
Furthermore, Sett also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sett vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Sett is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sett against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sett in order to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well 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 case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Sett versus Malphite build include Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Stridebreaker. When Sett combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Malphite than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Sett boasted an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Malphite as Sett, Sett players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Sett vs Malphite face-offs, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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