Malphite vs Vayne
How to Beat Vayne as Malphite
based on 9,288 Malphite vs Vayne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Vayne Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Vayne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vayne as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Vayne
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 Vayne
Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.
Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.
Malphite vs Vayne Counter Stats
How to Counter Vayne with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several critical Malphite versus Vayne matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vayne’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vayne..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Vayne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malphite and Vayne
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Who is Better, Malphite or Vayne?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when taking on Vayne, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Malphite makes an ok counter to Vayne.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate than Vayne, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Vayne.
Additionally, Malphite also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vayne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Vayne matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Vayne. Focus your gameplay 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 Malphite against Vayne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to counter Vayne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Vayne. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Malphite versus Vayne build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Vayne than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 50.8% when playing against Vayne with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Vayne as Malphite, Malphite players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Malphite vs Vayne counters, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vayne as Malphite are displayed for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.