Xayah vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Xayah
based on 2,575 Xayah vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Malphite Counter Build
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Core Xayah Items
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Malphite
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Xayah in LoL
The stats provided here feature several influential Xayah vs. Malphite counter stats that can help you realize the distinctions between this set of champs. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malphite..
Xayah normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives less damage than Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Malphite
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Who is Better, Xayah or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a poor counter for Malphite.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Malphite, when facing one another, Xayah also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Xayah into Malphite.
Additionally, Xayah has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xayah is a garbage counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Malphite.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xayah to counter Malphite during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Xayah versus Malphite build consist of Kraken Slayer, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Malphite than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average win rate of 47.2% battling Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Malphite as Xayah, Xayah players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Xayah vs Malphite fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.2% winrate overall.
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