Malphite vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Malphite
based on 5,468 Malphite vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Malphite vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some valuable Malphite versus Tristana counter statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tristana..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Tristana. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Tristana
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Who is Better, Malphite or Tristana?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when trying to fight Tristana, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a good counter to Tristana.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Tristana, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Tristana.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Tristana matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Tristana. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Tristana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to counter Tristana 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 mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Tristana. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Malphite versus Tristana build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Tristana than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 51.8% when countering Tristana with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Tristana as Malphite, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Malphite vs Tristana fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% win rate overall.
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