Malphite vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Malphite
based on 1,335 Malphite vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Malphite vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some strategic Malphite versus Kalista counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences between these two champions. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kalista..
Malphite usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Kalista. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Kalista
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Who is Better, Malphite or Kalista?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Kalista, with a 53.0% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a good counter for Kalista.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate compared to Kalista, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Kalista.
Additionally, Malphite has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Kalista matchups, Malphite is the better champ 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 an above average counter to Kalista. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Kalista. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Malphite versus Kalista build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Kalista than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 53.0% when playing against Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Kalista as Malphite, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Malphite vs Kalista clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kalista as Malphite are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.