Malphite vs Karthus
How to Beat Karthus as Malphite
based on 1,838 Malphite vs Karthus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Karthus Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Karthus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Karthus as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Karthus
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 Karthus
Karthus can cast spells for a short duration after he is killed. Move away from his corpse to be safe.
Make sure you always have enough health to survive Requiem, even if you have to go back to the base more frequently to heal.
Malphite vs Karthus Counter Stats
How to Counter Karthus with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several valuable Malphite against Karthus counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Karthus’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Karthus..
Malphite usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Karthus. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Karthus
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Who is Better, Malphite or Karthus?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Karthus, with a 53.4% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a great counter to Karthus.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Karthus, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Malphite into Karthus.
Additionally, Malphite has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Karthus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Karthus 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 team fights.
Malphite is a great counter for Karthus. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Karthus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Karthus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often picks up more CS relative to Karthus. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Malphite versus Karthus build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Karthus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 53.4% battling Karthus with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Karthus as Malphite, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Malphite vs Karthus clashes, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.4% winrate overall.
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