Kassadin vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Kassadin
based on 1,908 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
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.
Kassadin vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several influential Kassadin versus Malphite matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Kassadin often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Malphite. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Malphite
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Malphite?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when trying to fight Malphite, with a 52.5% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes a good counter to Malphite.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Kassadin also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Kassadin into Malphiteas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kassadin also 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 trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Malphite matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kassadin is a good counter for Malphite. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kassadin against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kassadin 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin most often gets a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kassadin versus Malphite build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Malphite than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kassadin had an average winrate of 52.5% when playing against Malphite with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Malphite as Kassadin, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kassadin vs Malphite LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.5% winrate overall.
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