Malphite vs Ezreal
How to Beat Ezreal as Malphite
based on 9,047 Malphite vs Ezreal matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Ezreal Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Ezreal Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Ezreal
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 Ezreal
Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.
Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.
Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.
Malphite vs Ezreal Counter Stats
How to Counter Ezreal with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Malphite versus Ezreal counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ezreal’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ezreal..
Malphite normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Ezreal. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Ezreal
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Who is Better, Malphite or Ezreal?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when trying to fight Ezreal, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a good counter for Ezreal.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Ezreal, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Ezreal.
Additionally, Malphite also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ezreal. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Ezreal matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malphite is an above average counter for Ezreal. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Ezreal.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Ezreal during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Ezreal. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Malphite versus Ezreal build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Ezreal than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 53.0% when countering Ezreal with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Ezreal as Malphite, Malphite players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Malphite vs Ezreal fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ezreal as Malphite are presented for all ranked divisions. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.