Gragas vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Gragas
based on 2,344 Gragas vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gragas vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Gragas vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Gragas
Tips for Playing as Gragas against Malphite
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
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.
Gragas vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Gragas in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some vital Gragas against Malphite matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malphite..
Gragas typically has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Malphite. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gragas and Malphite
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Who is Better, Gragas or Malphite?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Gragas makes a bad counter for Malphite.
While Gragas does have a lower win rate than Malphite, when facing one another, Gragas also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gragas into Malphite.
Additionally, Gragas also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Gragas 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 teamfights.
Gragas is a somewhat poor counter for Malphite. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Gragas against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Gragas 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gragas most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Gragas versus Malphite build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better versus Malphite than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Gragas boasted an average win rate of 48.5% battling Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Malphite as Gragas, Gragas players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Gathering Storm, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Gragas vs Malphite counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% winrate overall.
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