Malphite vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Malphite
based on 3,427 Malphite vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Malphite vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Malphite against Soraka counter statistics that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Malphite often has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Soraka
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Who is Better, Malphite or Soraka?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when facing off against Soraka, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Soraka.
Additionally, Malphite has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Soraka matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Soraka. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Soraka.
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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 Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually racks up much more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Malphite versus Soraka build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Soraka than with most other common builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 50.1% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Soraka as Malphite, you should equip 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 used for Malphite vs Soraka counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.1% winrate overall.
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