Warwick vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Warwick
based on 6,511 Warwick vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Malphite
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Warwick versus Malphite counter statistics that can help us explain the differences between the pair. As an example, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite..
Warwick normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Malphite. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Warwick and Malphite
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Who is Better, Warwick or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Warwick usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes a poor counter for Malphite.
While Warwick does have a lower winrate compared to Malphite, when facing one another, Warwick also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Malphite.
Moreover, Warwick has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter for Malphite. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Warwick against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Warwick to counter Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick most often accumulates less CS compared to Malphite. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Warwick versus Malphite build consist of Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Malphite than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Malphite with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Malphite as Warwick, Warwick players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Revitalize, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Warwick vs Malphite counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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