Malphite vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Malphite
based on 4,899 Malphite vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Malphite vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several strategic Malphite versus Pantheon counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pantheon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Pantheon..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Pantheon. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Malphite or Pantheon?
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 trying to fight Pantheon, with a 53.9% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a great counter to Pantheon.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Pantheon, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Pantheon.
Additionally, Malphite has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Pantheon 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 teammates during teamfights.
Malphite is a great counter to Pantheon. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Pantheon.
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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 Pantheon during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Pantheon. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy 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 need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to use in your Malphite versus Pantheon build include Iceborn Gauntlet, Sunfire Aegis, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Pantheon than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 53.9% when playing against Pantheon with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Pantheon 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Malphite vs Pantheon battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.9% win rate overall.
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