Malphite vs Renekton
How to Beat Renekton as Malphite
based on 2,118 Malphite vs Renekton matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Renekton Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Renekton Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Renekton as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Renekton
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 Renekton
Keeping Renekton from being able to fight and gain Fury by continually harassing him will severely reduce the effectiveness of his abilities.
Pay close attention to Renekton's Fury gauge as that will usually signify when he is about to attack.
Malphite vs Renekton Counter Stats
How to Counter Renekton with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several vital Malphite versus Renekton matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between these two champs. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Renekton’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Renekton..
Malphite usually has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Renekton. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Renekton
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Who is Better, Malphite or Renekton?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when trying to fight Renekton, with a 54.3% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a great counter for Renekton.
While Malphite does have a much higher winrate than Renekton, when facing one another, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Malphite into Renekton.
Moreover, Malphite has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Renekton. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Renekton matchups, Malphite is the better champion 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 Renekton. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Renekton.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Renekton during both the early game 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 tips shown 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 Renekton. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Malphite versus Renekton build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Renekton than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 54.3% when countering Renekton with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Renekton as Malphite, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Malphite vs Renekton counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.3% winrate overall.
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