Malphite vs Ivern
How to Beat Ivern as Malphite
based on 1,533 Malphite vs Ivern matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Ivern Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Ivern Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ivern as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Ivern
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 Ivern
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
Malphite vs Ivern Counter Stats
How to Counter Ivern with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several influential Malphite vs. Ivern matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Ivern..
Malphite usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Ivern. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Ivern
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Who is Better, Malphite or Ivern?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually loses when facing off against Ivern, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a poor counter for Ivern.
While Malphite does have a lower win rate compared to Ivern, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Malphite into Ivern.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Malphite is a bad counter for Ivern. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Ivern.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malphite
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Ivern during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite most often gets much more CS relative to Ivern. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Malphite versus Ivern build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Ivern than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Ivern with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Ivern as Malphite, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Malphite vs Ivern counters, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.
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