Malphite vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Malphite
based on 3,688 Malphite vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Malphite vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some strategic Malphite versus Hecarim counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Hecarim..
Malphite typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Hecarim. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Malphite or Hecarim?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when trying to fight Hecarim, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a good counter for Hecarim.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate compared to Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Hecarim.
Furthermore, Malphite has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Hecarim. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Hecarim matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Hecarim. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite to counter Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often picks up much more CS as Hecarim. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malphite versus Hecarim build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Thornmail. When Malphite incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Hecarim than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 51.4% battling Hecarim with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Hecarim as Malphite, you should take 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 players chose for Malphite vs Hecarim counters, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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