Vel'Koz vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Vel'Koz
based on 3,079 Vel'Koz vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Malphite
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some important Vel'Koz vs. Malphite matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malphite..
Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he receives less damage than Malphite. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Malphite
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Malphite?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually wins when facing off against Malphite, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Vel'Koz makes a good counter for Malphite.
While Vel'Koz does have a higher winrate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Vel'Koz into Malphiteas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vel'Koz has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Malphite matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a decent counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vel'Koz to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz typically accumulates less CS as Malphite. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Vel'Koz versus Malphite build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Malphite than with most other common builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average win rate of 51.0% battling Malphite with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Malphite as Vel'Koz, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Malphite fights, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.0% winrate overall.
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