Malphite vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Malphite
based on 2,240 Malphite vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Malphite vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several vital Malphite against Heimerdinger counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Heimerdinger..
Malphite usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Malphite or Heimerdinger?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when taking on Heimerdinger, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a good counter for Heimerdinger.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate compared to Heimerdinger, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Heimerdinger.
Moreover, Malphite also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Heimerdinger matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Heimerdinger. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Malphite versus Heimerdinger build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Heimerdinger than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when playing against Heimerdinger with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Malphite, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Malphite vs Heimerdinger matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Heimerdinger as Malphite are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.