Soraka vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Soraka
based on 3,427 Soraka vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Malphite Counter Build
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Core Soraka Items
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Malphite
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Soraka against Malphite matchup stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Soraka usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives less damage than Malphite. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Malphite
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Who is Better, Soraka or Malphite?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Malphite, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes an ok counter to Malphite.
While Soraka does have a lower winrate compared to Malphite, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Malphite.
Additionally, Soraka has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Soraka against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka to counter Malphite during both the laning 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 here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Malphite. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Malphite build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Malphite than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing against Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of beating Malphite as Soraka, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Soraka vs Malphite counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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