Kayn vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Kayn
based on 7,160 Kayn vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Malphite
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Kayn against Malphite matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malphite..
Kayn normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Malphite. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Malphite
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Who is Better, Kayn or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually fairs equally well when taking on Malphite, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes an ok counter to Malphite.
While Kayn does have a lower win rate than Malphite, when on opposite teams, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Malphiteas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kayn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayn against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often racks up a lot less CS compared to Malphite. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Kayn versus Malphite build consist of Maw of Malmortius, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Kayn incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Malphite than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kayn boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Malphite as Kayn, Kayn players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kayn vs Malphite LoL games, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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