Rek'Sai vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Rek'Sai
based on 697 Rek'Sai vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rek'Sai vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Rek'Sai vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Rek'Sai against Malphite
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
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.
Rek'Sai vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Rek'Sai in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Rek'Sai versus Malphite matchup statistics that can help you grasp the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, showing that Rek'Sai may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malphite..
Rek'Sai usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Malphite. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rek'Sai and Malphite
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Who is Better, Rek'Sai or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rek'Sai usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Rek'Sai makes a poor counter for Malphite.
While Rek'Sai does have a lower winrate than Malphite, when facing one another, Rek'Sai also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Rek'Sai into Malphite.
Furthermore, Rek'Sai also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rek'Sai vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rek'Sai is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rek'Sai against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rek'Sai to counter Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rek'Sai on average gets a lot less CS compared to Malphite. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Rek'Sai versus Malphite build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Titanic Hydra. When Rek'Sai combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Malphite than with many other common item sets. In fact, Rek'Sai boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Malphite as Rek'Sai, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Rek'Sai vs Malphite matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malphite as Rek'Sai are displayed for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.