Malphite vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Malphite
based on 4,218 Malphite vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Irelia Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Irelia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Malphite vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some important Malphite vs. Irelia matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Irelia..
Malphite typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Irelia
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Who is Better, Malphite or Irelia?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when taking on Irelia, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes an ok counter for Irelia.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Irelia, when facing one another, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Irelia.
Additionally, Malphite also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Irelia 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 late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Irelia. Focus your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to counter Irelia during both the laning 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 suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Irelia. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malphite versus Irelia build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Irelia than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 50.9% battling Irelia with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Irelia as Malphite, Malphite players should take 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 builds we have analyed for Malphite vs Irelia counterpicks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.
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