Malphite vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Malphite
based on 3,079 Malphite vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Malphite vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Malphite in LoL
The stats provided here feature several critical Malphite against Vel'Koz matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences between these two champs. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vel'Koz..
Malphite normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Malphite or Vel'Koz?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 49.0% win rate. Therefore, Malphite makes an ok counter for Vel'Koz.
While Malphite does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Malphite also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Malphite has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz 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 somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malphite against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite most often gets more CS as Vel'Koz. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Malphite versus Vel'Koz build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Thornmail. When Malphite incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Vel'Koz than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when playing against Vel'Koz with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Vel'Koz as Malphite, Malphite players should use 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 picked for Malphite vs Vel'Koz clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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