Malphite vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Malphite
based on 2,575 Malphite vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Malphite vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical Malphite vs. Xayah counter statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Xayah’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Xayah..
Malphite normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Xayah. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Xayah
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Who is Better, Malphite or Xayah?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Xayah, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes a good counter to Xayah.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Xayah, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Malphite into Xayah.
Additionally, Malphite also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Xayah matchups, Malphite is the better champ 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 a good counter to Xayah. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Xayah. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malphite versus Xayah build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Xayah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 52.8% when playing against Xayah with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Xayah as Malphite, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Malphite vs Xayah clashes, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.8% winrate overall.
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