Rengar vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Rengar
based on 5,419 Rengar vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rengar vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Rengar vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Rengar
Tips for Playing as Rengar against Malphite
Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.
Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.
A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!
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.
Rengar vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Rengar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some valuable Rengar against Malphite matchup statistics that can help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malphite. This observation is largely a result of the differences in deaths.
Rengar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Rengar and Malphite
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Who is Better, Rengar or Malphite?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Rengar usually loses when facing off against Malphite, with a 46.8% win rate. As a result, Rengar makes a poor counter to Malphite.
While Rengar does have a lower win rate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Rengar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Rengar into Malphiteas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Rengar also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Rengar vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Rengar is a terribly counter for Malphite. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rengar against Malphite.
Other Champion Matchups Against Rengar
Additional Information for Rengar Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Rengar in order to counter Malphite during both the laning 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rengar typically racks up a lot less CS as Malphite. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Rengar versus Malphite build include Axiom Arc, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Malphite than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rengar had an average winrate of 46.8% battling Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Malphite as Rengar, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Rengar vs Malphite face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% win rate overall.
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