Zoe vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Zoe
based on 1,748 Zoe vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zoe vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Zoe vs Malphite Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Zoe Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Zoe
Tips for Playing as Zoe against Malphite
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
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.
Zoe vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Zoe in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Zoe against Malphite matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Zoe’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zoe may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Malphite..
Zoe typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zoe and Malphite
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Zoe or Malphite?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zoe usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 44.5% win rate. Therefore, Zoe makes a bad counter for Malphite.
While Zoe does have a much lower win rate than Malphite, when they face off with one another, Zoe also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Zoe into Malphite.
Moreover, Zoe has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zoe 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.
Zoe is a terribly counter to Malphite. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zoe against Malphite.
Other Champion Matchups Against Zoe
Additional Information for Zoe Players
How We Calculated Our Zoe vs Malphite Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zoe to counter Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zoe on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Malphite. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Zoe versus Malphite build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Malphite than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Zoe had an average win rate of 44.5% battling Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Malphite as Zoe, Zoe players should take the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Zoe vs Malphite face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Malphite as Zoe are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu earlier on the page.