Akali vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Akali
based on 1,681 Akali vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Malphite
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Malphite
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Akali vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Akali in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some valuable Akali against Malphite counter stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Malphite. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes more damage than Malphite. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Akali and Malphite
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Who is Better, Akali or Malphite?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually wins when facing off against Malphite, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Akali makes a good counter to Malphite.
While Akali does have a higher win rate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Akali also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Akali into Malphiteas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Akali has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often 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 Akali vs Malphite matchups, Akali is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Akali is an above average counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your strategy 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 Akali against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Akali in order to counter Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Malphite. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Akali versus Malphite build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Shadowflame. When Akali incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when facing Malphite than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 52.6% when playing against Malphite with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Malphite as Akali, Akali players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Akali vs Malphite clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.
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