Malphite vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Malphite
based on 2,826 Malphite vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Volibear
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.
Malphite vs Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some strategic Malphite versus Volibear counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Volibear’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Volibear..
Malphite normally has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Volibear. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Volibear
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Who is Better, Malphite or Volibear?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malphite usually wins when facing off against Volibear, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes a good counter to Volibear.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Volibear, when facing one another, Malphite also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Volibear.
Furthermore, Malphite has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Volibear. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Volibear matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Volibear. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Volibear.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to counter Volibear during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you should 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 Volibear. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Malphite versus Volibear build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Volibear than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Volibear with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Volibear as Malphite, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Malphite vs Volibear face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.2% win rate overall.
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