Malphite vs Jayce
How to Beat Jayce as Malphite
based on 2,504 Malphite vs Jayce matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Jayce Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Jayce Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jayce as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Jayce
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 Jayce
Jayce is strong in the early game. If he gains the advantage, play defensively.
Jayce can attack in melee or at range. Pay attention to his stance and weapon color to know how he is going to attack.
If you see Jayce drop his Acceleration Gate, be careful, he is probably about to cast Shock Blast.
Malphite vs Jayce Counter Stats
How to Counter Jayce with Malphite in LoL
The stats provided here show several strategic Malphite versus Jayce matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jayce’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Jayce..
Malphite normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Jayce. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Jayce
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Who is Better, Malphite or Jayce?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when playing against Jayce, with a 54.5% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a great counter to Jayce.
While Malphite does have a much higher win rate compared to Jayce, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Malphite into Jayce.
Additionally, Malphite has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Jayce. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Jayce matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Malphite is a great counter for Jayce. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Jayce.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Jayce during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Jayce. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Malphite versus Jayce build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Jayce than with most other common builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 54.5% when countering Jayce with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Jayce as Malphite, you should use 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 sets that we analyzed for Malphite vs Jayce face-offs, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.5% winrate overall.
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