Illaoi vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Illaoi
based on 2,602 Illaoi vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Illaoi vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Illaoi vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Malphite
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
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.
Illaoi vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Illaoi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some strategic Illaoi vs. Malphite matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, showing that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Malphite..
Illaoi typically has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she receives more damage than Malphite. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Illaoi and Malphite
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Who is Better, Illaoi or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Illaoi usually wins when taking on Malphite, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Illaoi makes a good counter to Malphite.
While Illaoi does have a higher win rate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Illaoi into Malphite.
Additionally, Illaoi also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Malphite matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Illaoi is a good counter for Malphite. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi in order to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Illaoi on average accumulates more CS as Malphite. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Illaoi versus Malphite build include Sterak's Gage, Spirit Visage, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Malphite than with most other common builds. In fact, Illaoi boasted an average win rate of 53.0% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Malphite as Illaoi, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Last Stand, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Illaoi vs Malphite clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.0% win rate overall.
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