Malphite vs Vayne Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Two very different profiles meet in the Top lane: Malphite the tank/mage hybrid, Vayne the marksman/assassin hybrid. Over 1,565 ranked games on patch 16.13.1, Malphite closes out 60.9% of them. A 10.9-point edge is what puts this matchup in Malphite’s column.
Shared damage type here — mixed for Malphite as well as Vayne. The stat sheet reads 665 HP and 40 armour for Malphite against 550 and 23 for Vayne. Malphite starts 17 armour ahead, which is felt before either buys anything. Level 18 armour lands at 124 for Malphite and 101 for Vayne. There is a movement gap too: 335 for Malphite, 330 for Vayne.
A missed Unstoppable Force from Malphite hands Vayne the window to land Silver Bolts. The pressure spikes when Unstoppable Force and Final Hour come online together.
Vayne holds a 425-unit range advantage (550 to 125), and that shapes how the lane is traded out. Malphite wins only by collapsing the distance, which usually means a cooldown or a gank.
A 8/10 difficulty rating on Vayne, against 2/10, means the sample includes plenty of players still learning it. A 1,565-game window is wide enough to trust the direction, narrow enough to shift. No hand-editing here — the Malphite figures come straight from ranked play.
FAQ
Yes — Malphite holds the statistical advantage in this matchup. Malphite wins 60.9% of the recorded games.
60.9% from Malphite's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,565 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Malphite build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Malphite build page.