Malphite vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Malphite
based on 3,194 Malphite vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Yorick
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 Yorick
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
Malphite vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Malphite versus Yorick counter statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yorick..
Malphite often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Yorick. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Yorick
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Who is Better, Malphite or Yorick?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when taking on Yorick, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes an ok counter to Yorick.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Yorick, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Yorick.
Additionally, Malphite also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Yorick matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Yorick. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malphite against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite to counter Yorick 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 mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Yorick. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Malphite versus Yorick build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Malphite combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Yorick than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 50.1% battling Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Yorick 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 runes players used for Malphite vs Yorick counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.
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