Malphite vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Malphite
based on 6,780 Malphite vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Graves
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 Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Malphite vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several valuable Malphite versus Graves counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Graves..
Malphite typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Graves. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Graves
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Who is Better, Malphite or Graves?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Graves, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes an ok counter to Graves.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Graves, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Graves.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Graves matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Graves. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to counter Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite typically gets more CS compared to Graves. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Malphite versus Graves build include Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Graves than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 50.5% when countering Graves with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Graves as Malphite, Malphite players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Malphite vs Graves battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
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