Senna vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Senna
based on 11,983 Senna vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Senna vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Senna vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Senna
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.
Senna vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Senna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Senna against Malphite counter stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malphite. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Senna normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Malphite. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Senna and Malphite
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Who is Better, Senna or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Senna usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malphite, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Senna makes an ok counter for Malphite.
While Senna does have a higher win rate than Malphite, when on opposite teams, Senna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Senna into Malphiteas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Senna also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Senna vs Malphite matchups, Senna is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Senna is a decent counter to Malphite. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Senna against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Senna in order to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Senna usually picks up less CS as Malphite. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Senna versus Malphite build consist of Rapid Firecannon, Edge of Night, and Bloodsong. When Senna used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Malphite than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Senna had an average win rate of 50.6% when countering Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Malphite as Senna, Senna players should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Senna vs Malphite counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
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