Malphite vs Neeko
How to Beat Neeko as Malphite
based on 4,380 Malphite vs Neeko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Neeko Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Neeko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Neeko as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Neeko
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 Neeko
Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
Malphite vs Neeko Counter Stats
How to Counter Neeko with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here show several strategic Malphite versus Neeko counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Neeko’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Neeko..
Malphite typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Neeko. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Neeko
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Who is Better, Malphite or Neeko?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Neeko, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes an ok counter to Neeko.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate compared to Neeko, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Neeko.
Moreover, Malphite also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Neeko. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Neeko matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Neeko. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Neeko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Neeko 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 listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average gets a similar amount of CS compared to Neeko. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost 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 Neeko build include Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Neeko than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 50.3% battling Neeko with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Neeko as Malphite, you should equip 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 combinations we have analyed for Malphite vs Neeko counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
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