Mordekaiser vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Mordekaiser
based on 11,880 Mordekaiser vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Mordekaiser vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Mordekaiser vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Malphite
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
Advice to Win Against Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Mordekaiser vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Mordekaiser in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some strategic Mordekaiser against Malphite counter stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malphite. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Mordekaiser often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Malphite. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Mordekaiser and Malphite
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Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Malphite?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Mordekaiser usually wins when trying to fight Malphite, with a 56.3% win rate. Thus, Mordekaiser makes a fantastic counter for Malphite.
While Mordekaiser does have a much higher winrate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Mordekaiser also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Mordekaiser into Malphite.
Furthermore, Mordekaiser has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Mordekaiser vs Malphite matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Mordekaiser is a great counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Mordekaiser against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Mordekaiser to counter Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Mordekaiser typically gets a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Mordekaiser versus Malphite build consist of Unending Despair, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Riftmaker. When Mordekaiser included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Malphite than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Mordekaiser had an average winrate of 56.3% battling Malphite with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Malphite as Mordekaiser, Mordekaiser players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Mordekaiser vs Malphite counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 56.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Malphite as Mordekaiser are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.