Irelia vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Irelia
based on 4,218 Irelia vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Malphite
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Irelia in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Irelia versus Malphite matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champs. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite. This observation is largely a result of the differences in deaths.
Irelia usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Malphite. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Malphite
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Who is Better, Irelia or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malphite, with a 49.1% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes an ok counter to Malphite.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate than Malphite, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Malphite.
Moreover, Irelia has some 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 isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Malphite. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Irelia in order to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Irelia versus Malphite build include Guardian Angel, Wit's End, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Irelia bought at least these three items in her build, she did much better when facing Malphite than with most other typical builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 49.1% when countering Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Malphite as Irelia, Irelia players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Irelia vs Malphite battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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