Malphite vs Taric
How to Beat Taric as Malphite
based on 1,533 Malphite vs Taric matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Taric Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Taric Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taric as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Taric
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 Taric
Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.
Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.
Malphite vs Taric Counter Stats
How to Counter Taric with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several important Malphite vs. Taric matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taric’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Taric..
Malphite typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Taric. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Taric
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Who is Better, Malphite or Taric?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually loses when playing against Taric, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a poor counter to Taric.
While Malphite does have a lower win rate compared to Taric, when facing one another, Malphite also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Malphite into Taric.
Furthermore, Malphite has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Taric. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Taric matchups, Taric is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Malphite is a bad counter to Taric. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Taric.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite in order to counter Taric during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite typically racks up much more CS as Taric. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malphite versus Taric build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Taric than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Taric with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Taric as Malphite, Malphite players 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 that we analyzed for Malphite vs Taric matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Taric as Malphite are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.