Malphite vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Malphite
based on 6,007 Malphite vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Malphite vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several valuable Malphite against Varus counter statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Malphite often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Varus
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Who is Better, Malphite or Varus?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Varus, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes an ok counter for Varus.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Varus, when they face off with one another, Malphite also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Malphite into Varus.
Additionally, Malphite also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Varus matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter for Varus. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Malphite versus Varus build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Malphite incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Varus than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 50.5% when countering Varus with this counter build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Varus as Malphite, Malphite players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Malphite vs Varus matchups, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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