Kassadin vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Kassadin
based on 3,070 Kassadin vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Malphite
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Advice to Win Against Malphite
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Kassadin vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Kassadin in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several significant Kassadin against Malphite counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malphite. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kassadin normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Malphite. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Malphite
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Malphite?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when playing against Malphite, with a 51.1% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes a good counter for Malphite.
While Kassadin does have a higher winrate compared to Malphite, when facing one another, Kassadin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be careful when picking Kassadin into Malphiteas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kassadin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Malphite matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Kassadin is a decent counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kassadin against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin to counter Malphite during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Kassadin versus Malphite build consist of Rod of Ages, Seraph's Embrace, and Lich Bane. When Kassadin included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Malphite than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 51.1% battling Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Malphite as Kassadin, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Kassadin vs Malphite fights, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.1% winrate overall.
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