Malphite vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Malphite
based on 5,314 Malphite vs Shaco matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Malphite vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some critical Malphite versus Shaco matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Shaco. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Shaco
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Who is Better, Malphite or Shaco?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when trying to fight Shaco, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a good counter to Shaco.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Shaco, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Shaco.
Additionally, Malphite also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Shaco matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Shaco. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Shaco.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malphite
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to counter Shaco during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually picks up much more CS compared to Shaco. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Malphite versus Shaco build consist of Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Shaco than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 51.2% battling Shaco with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Shaco as Malphite, Malphite players 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 rune combinations players chose for Malphite vs Shaco clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.2% winrate overall.
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