Malphite vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Malphite
based on 4,338 Malphite vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Ahri
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Advice to Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Malphite vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some valuable Malphite versus Ahri matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between the two. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ahri..
Malphite typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Ahri. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Ahri
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Who is Better, Malphite or Ahri?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Ahri, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a good counter for Ahri.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Ahri, when facing one another, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malphite into Ahri.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Ahri matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Malphite is an above average counter to Ahri. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite in order to counter Ahri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Ahri. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Malphite versus Ahri build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Malphite incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Ahri than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Ahri with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Ahri as Malphite, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Malphite vs Ahri counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.0% win rate overall.
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