Malphite vs Galio
How to Beat Galio as Malphite
based on 3,791 Malphite vs Galio matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Galio Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Galio as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Galio
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 Galio
Galio cannot traverse walls with Justice Punch.
Galio moves slower when he is charging Shield of Durand.
Hero's Entrance can be interrupted before Galio jumps into the air.
Malphite vs Galio Counter Stats
How to Counter Galio with Malphite in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several strategic Malphite against Galio matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Galio’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Galio..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Galio. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Galio
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Who is Better, Malphite or Galio?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually loses when taking on Galio, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a poor counter for Galio.
While Malphite does have a lower winrate than Galio, when facing one another, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Malphite into Galio.
Additionally, Malphite has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Galio. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Galio matchups, Galio is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malphite is a garbage counter to Galio. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Galio.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malphite
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Galio. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Malphite versus Galio build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Galio than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when playing against Galio with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Galio as Malphite, Malphite players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Malphite vs Galio fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.
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