Draven vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Draven
based on 4,872 Draven vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Malphite
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Draven in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some significant Draven versus Malphite counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, showing that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malphite. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in killsdeaths.
Draven normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Malphite
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Who is Better, Draven or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Draven usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 47.4% win rate. As a result, Draven makes a poor counter for Malphite.
While Draven does have a lower win rate compared to Malphite, when they face off with one another, Draven also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Draven into Malphiteas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven also has a good 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Draven is a terribly counter for Malphite. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Draven against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Draven to counter Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Draven versus Malphite build consist of Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and The Collector. When Draven included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. Malphite than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 47.4% battling Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Malphite as Draven, you should use the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Draven vs Malphite LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.
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