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How to Win Kai'Sa vs Malphite Counter MatchupKai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Malphite

How to Beat Malphite as Kai'Sa in LoLKai'Sa is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Malphite as Kai'Sa

based on 6,366 Kai'Sa vs Malphite matchups
Win Rate
45 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our dataset, Kai'Sa engaged Malphite 6366 times. Using so many matchups for Kai'Sa versus Malphite provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to prepare enlightening stats and a recommended build to crush your opposition. This particular champion matchup is fairly rare. Kai'Sa is forced to battle against Malphite in only 4.0% of her matches.

Kai'Sa vs Malphite Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a terrible job of countering Malphite. Normally, she wins a lowly 45.0% of games the champs face off with each other in. In Kai'Sa against Malphite games, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.2% more expected to get first blood, implying that she probably will get first blood against Malphite.

Best Kai'Sa vs Malphite Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterTerminusKraken Slayer

Optional Items

Guardian AngelZhonya's HourglassNavori QuickbladesStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoPresence of MindLegend: BloodlineCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Malphite

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

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.

Kai'Sa vs Malphite Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
45 %
VS
Win Rate
55 %
Malphite Image
7.3
< Kills >
5
6.5
< Deaths >
5
6.2
< Assists >
8.3
1.71
< Killing Sprees >
1.15
178
< Minions Killed >
140
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.48
11,398
< Physical Damage >
4,787
8,020
< Magic Damage >
14,193
410
< True Damage >
630
19,828
< Damage Dealt >
19,611
20,295
< Damage Taken >
24,511
12,383
< Gold Earned >
10,709
2.03
< Towers >
2
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,275
< Total Healing >
3,280
12,642
< Experience >
14,205
17
< Vision Score >
22
9
< Wards Placed >
10
46
< Time Dealing CC >
654

How to Counter Malphite with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here show several influential Kai'Sa vs. Malphite matchup stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between the two. Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, showing that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..

Kai'Sa typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Malphite

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Malphite
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Malphite

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Malphite?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 45.0% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a poor counter to Malphite.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower win rate than Malphite, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Kai'Sa into Malphite.

Additionally, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a terribly counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kai'Sa against Malphite.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa Loses Against

LilliaLillia41.9% winrateLeonaLeona42.6% winrateNilahNilah42.8% winrateTeemoTeemo43.1% winrate

Kai'Sa Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.1% winrateYuumiYuumi53.6% winrateLeBlancLeBlanc52.6% winrateZeriZeri52.4% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

AniviaAnivia+ 49.8% 2069 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 49.9% 9592 GamesZyraZyra+ 49.9% 5766 GamesLilliaLillia+ 49.9% 8804 Games

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Malphite Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Malphite as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 6,366 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Malphite as Kai'Sa comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kai'Sa in order 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Kai'Sa versus Malphite build include Bloodthirster, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa included at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs Malphite than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average win rate of 45.0% when playing against Malphite with this build.

To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Malphite as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Kai'Sa vs Malphite fights, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.0% winrate overall.

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