Yasuo vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Yasuo
based on 11,853 Yasuo vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Malphite
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several important Yasuo against Malphite counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malphite. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in deaths.
Yasuo typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malphite. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Malphite
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Malphite?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 48.8% win rate. As a result, Yasuo makes a bad counter to Malphite.
While Yasuo does have a lower win rate compared to Malphite, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yasuo into Malphiteas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Yasuo has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Yasuo 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 team fights.
Yasuo is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Yasuo against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo in order to counter Malphite during both the lane 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 increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo most often racks up a similar amount of CS as Malphite. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Yasuo versus Malphite build include Guardian Angel, Kraken Slayer, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Malphite than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Yasuo boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Malphite as Yasuo, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Unflinching, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Yasuo vs Malphite counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% winrate overall.
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