Malphite vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Malphite
based on 2,602 Malphite vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Malphite vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Malphite against Illaoi counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Illaoi’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Illaoi..
Malphite typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Illaoi. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Malphite or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually loses when taking on Illaoi, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a bad counter for Illaoi.
While Malphite does have a lower winrate than Illaoi, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Malphite into Illaoi.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Illaoi. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Illaoi matchups, Illaoi is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malphite is a terribly counter for Illaoi. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Illaoi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malphite
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Illaoi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often racks up less CS relative to Illaoi. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Malphite versus Illaoi build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Illaoi than with most other common builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 47.0% battling Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Illaoi 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 combinations we have analyed for Malphite vs Illaoi fights, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% win rate overall.
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