Malphite vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Malphite
based on 2,316 Malphite vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Malphite vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here show some significant Malphite against Sivir counter statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sivir..
Malphite often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Sivir. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Sivir
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Who is Better, Malphite or Sivir?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when playing against Sivir, with a 50.3% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes an ok counter for Sivir.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Sivir, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Sivir.
Additionally, Malphite also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Sivir matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar 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 decent counter for Sivir. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Sivir.
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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 Sivir during both the laning 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 stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Sivir. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Malphite versus Sivir build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Sivir than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Sivir with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Sivir as Malphite, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Malphite vs Sivir clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.
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