Malphite vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Malphite
based on 3,500 Malphite vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Gwen
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Advice to Win Against Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Malphite vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some influential Malphite against Gwen counter statistics that may help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gwen..
Malphite usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Gwen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Gwen
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Who is Better, Malphite or Gwen?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Gwen, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a good counter to Gwen.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate compared to Gwen, when facing one another, Malphite also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Gwen.
Moreover, Malphite also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Gwen matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Gwen. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to counter Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Gwen. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malphite versus Gwen build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Hollow Radiance. When Malphite incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Gwen than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when playing against Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Gwen as Malphite, Malphite players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Malphite vs Gwen fights, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.5% win rate overall.
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