Udyr vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Udyr
based on 4,375 Udyr vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Udyr vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Udyr vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Udyr
Tips for Playing as Udyr against Malphite
Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.
Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.
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.
Udyr vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Udyr in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Udyr vs. Malphite matchup stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Udyr’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Udyr may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..
Udyr usually has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Malphite. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Udyr and Malphite
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Who is Better, Udyr or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Udyr usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malphite, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Udyr makes an ok counter to Malphite.
While Udyr does have a higher winrate compared to Malphite, when they face off with one another, Udyr also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Udyr into Malphiteas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Udyr has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Udyr vs Malphite matchups, Udyr is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Udyr is a decent counter for Malphite. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Udyr against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Udyr to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Udyr most often racks up less CS as Malphite. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Udyr versus Malphite build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Udyr included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Malphite than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Udyr had an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Malphite as Udyr, Udyr players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Approach Velocity runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Udyr vs Malphite counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malphite as Udyr are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.