Evelynn vs Malphite Counter Pick

Malphite builds the wrong defence for this fight. He opens with 40 armor and reaches 124.2 by level 18, one of the steepest armor curves any tank offers, while his magic resist starts at 28 — and Evelynn deals magic damage exclusively. Over 110 games on patch 16.13.1 that mismatch produces 59.1%, with a sample small enough that the precise figure should be held loosely.

Allure widens the gap by cutting magic resist before the charm ends, and Ground Slam converts his armor into damage that her own 116.9 armor at level 18 partly blunts. Granite Shield absorbs up to ten percent of his maximum health, so the requirement is a second rotation of Hate Spike after the shield breaks rather than one clean burst; 665 base health is the largest cushion he holds early, and 2,433 at eighteen does not outlast a magic penetration build. The reversal comes from Unstoppable Force. Evelynn carries 642 base health, no shield and no defensive cooldown beyond the untargetable frame on Last Caress, so a knock-up landed first flips the exchange entirely. Mana is the quieter constraint, since his rotation is cheap and hers is not, so a failed attempt tends to cost the following objective as well. Difficulty ratings of 2 against 10 describe it plainly: he needs one correct button, she needs a complete sequence. Full stats: Malphite.