Malphite vs Rengar
How to Beat Rengar as Malphite
based on 5,419 Malphite vs Rengar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Rengar Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Rengar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rengar as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Rengar
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 Rengar
Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.
Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.
Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.
Malphite vs Rengar Counter Stats
How to Counter Rengar with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Malphite against Rengar matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rengar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rengar..
Malphite usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Rengar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Rengar
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Who is Better, Malphite or Rengar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when trying to fight Rengar, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a great counter for Rengar.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Rengar, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malphite into Rengar.
Additionally, Malphite has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rengar. 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 Rengar 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 team members during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a great counter for Rengar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Rengar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Rengar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often racks up much more CS compared to Rengar. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Malphite versus Rengar build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Rengar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 53.2% battling Rengar with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Rengar as Malphite, you should take 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 players used for Malphite vs Rengar counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.2% win rate overall.
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