Malphite vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Malphite
based on 5,094 Malphite vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Malphite vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Malphite versus Xin Zhao counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Xin Zhao..
Malphite usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Malphite or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Xin Zhao, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a good counter for Xin Zhao.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Xin Zhao, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Xin Zhao.
Moreover, Malphite also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Xin Zhao matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite in order to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite on average gets much more CS relative to Xin Zhao. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Malphite versus Xin Zhao build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Xin Zhao than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 51.0% battling Xin Zhao with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Xin Zhao as Malphite, Malphite players 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 players picked for Malphite vs Xin Zhao matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.
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