Malphite vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Malphite
based on 5,759 Malphite vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Malphite vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Malphite versus Thresh matchup statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Thresh..
Malphite normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Thresh
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Who is Better, Malphite or Thresh?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when taking on Thresh, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a good counter to Thresh.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Thresh, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malphite into Thresh.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Thresh matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malphite is an above average counter to Thresh. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average picks up much more CS compared to Thresh. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Malphite versus Thresh build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Thresh than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Thresh with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Thresh as Malphite, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Malphite vs Thresh battles, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.0% winrate overall.
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