Malphite vs Aphelios
How to Beat Aphelios as Malphite
based on 3,335 Malphite vs Aphelios matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Aphelios Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Aphelios Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aphelios as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Aphelios
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 Aphelios
Each of Aphelios' weapons have different weaknesses, try to exploit the ones that work best for your champion. Watch out for the purple Gravity gun, it can root you.
Malphite vs Aphelios Counter Stats
How to Counter Aphelios with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some influential Malphite versus Aphelios counter stats that can help you interpret the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Aphelios’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Aphelios..
Malphite normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives more damage than Aphelios. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Aphelios
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Who is Better, Malphite or Aphelios?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Aphelios, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a good counter to Aphelios.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Aphelios, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Aphelios.
Additionally, Malphite has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aphelios. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Aphelios matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Aphelios. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Aphelios.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite to counter Aphelios during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Aphelios. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They 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 need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Malphite versus Aphelios build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Hollow Radiance. When Malphite combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Aphelios than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when countering Aphelios with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Aphelios as Malphite, Malphite players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Malphite vs Aphelios battles, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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