Malphite vs Rumble
How to Beat Rumble as Malphite
based on 2,609 Malphite vs Rumble matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Rumble Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Rumble Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rumble as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Rumble
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 Rumble
Rumble deals almost entirely magic damage. Build some Magic Resistance to reduce his damage.
Watch Rumble's Heat bar carefully. If you see him Overheat, go in for the kill while his skills are disabled.
Rumble's ultimate can deal a lot of damage if you stay inside the area of effect. When you see the missiles falling, move out of the way as quickly as possible.
Malphite vs Rumble Counter Stats
How to Counter Rumble with Malphite in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several valuable Malphite vs. Rumble matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rumble’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rumble..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Rumble. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Rumble
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Who is Better, Malphite or Rumble?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually loses when playing against Rumble, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a bad counter to Rumble.
While Malphite does have a lower winrate than Rumble, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Malphite into Rumble.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rumble. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Rumble matchups, Rumble is the better champion with a lower 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 terribly counter to Rumble. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Rumble.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malphite
Additional Information for Malphite Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite to counter Rumble 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rumble. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They 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, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Malphite versus Rumble build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Hollow Radiance. When Malphite bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Rumble than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 47.8% when countering Rumble with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Rumble 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Malphite vs Rumble counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.8% winrate overall.
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