Malphite vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Malphite
based on 8,596 Malphite vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Akali
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 Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Malphite vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Malphite in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several valuable Malphite against Akali matchup stats that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Akali’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Akali..
Malphite typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Akali
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Who is Better, Malphite or Akali?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Akali, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Malphite does have a lower win rate than Akali, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Akali.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a somewhat poor counter for Akali. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite in order to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Akali. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Malphite versus Akali build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Akali than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Akali with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Akali as Malphite, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Malphite vs Akali battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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