Akshan vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Akshan
based on 3,326 Akshan vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akshan vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Akshan vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Akshan
Tips for Playing as Akshan against Malphite
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
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.
Akshan vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Akshan in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some vital Akshan versus Malphite matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between the two. As an example, Akshan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Akshan may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..
Akshan typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akshan and Malphite
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Who is Better, Akshan or Malphite?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akshan usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 46.7% win rate. As a result, Akshan makes a poor counter to Malphite.
While Akshan does have a lower win rate compared to Malphite, when they face off with one another, Akshan also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Akshan into Malphite.
Additionally, Akshan has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Akshan vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Akshan is a terribly counter to Malphite. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Akshan against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Akshan to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akshan on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Akshan versus Malphite build include Terminus, Kraken Slayer, and The Collector. When Akshan incorporated at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better versus Malphite than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Akshan had an average win rate of 46.7% battling Malphite with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Malphite as Akshan, you should equip the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Akshan vs Malphite counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.7% win rate overall.
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