Sylas vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Sylas
based on 7,770 Sylas vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Malphite
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Sylas versus Malphite counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malphite. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Sylas normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Malphite. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Malphite
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Who is Better, Sylas or Malphite?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sylas usually wins when trying to fight Malphite, with a 54.8% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a great counter to Malphite.
While Sylas does have a much higher win rate compared to Malphite, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sylas into Malphite.
Moreover, Sylas has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Malphite matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Sylas is a great counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sylas to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas usually gets a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Sylas versus Malphite build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Malphite than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 54.8% when playing against Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Malphite as Sylas, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Sylas vs Malphite counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 54.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malphite as Sylas are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.