Malphite vs K'Sante
How to Beat K'Sante as Malphite
based on 1,111 Malphite vs K'Sante matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs K'Sante Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs K'Sante Counter Build
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Guide to Countering K'Sante as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against K'Sante
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 K'Sante
Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.
Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.
Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.
Malphite vs K'Sante Counter Stats
How to Counter K'Sante with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Malphite vs. K'Sante matchup stats that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than K'Sante..
Malphite normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than K'Sante. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and K'Sante
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Who is Better, Malphite or K'Sante?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against K'Sante, with a 56.4% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a fantastic counter for K'Sante.
While Malphite does have a much higher winrate compared to K'Sante, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into K'Sante.
Furthermore, Malphite has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs K'Sante 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 allies during team fights.
Malphite is a great counter to K'Sante. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against K'Sante.
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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 K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to K'Sante. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Malphite versus K'Sante build include Iceborn Gauntlet, Sunfire Aegis, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs. K'Sante than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 56.4% when playing against K'Sante with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating K'Sante 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 runes players picked for Malphite vs K'Sante LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 56.4% win rate overall.
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