Vayne vs Malphite Counter Pick

Difficulty ratings tell this story before the win rate does. Malphite is rated 2 out of 10, Vayne 8, and with 1,493 games behind it on patch 16.13.1 the simpler champion wins — Vayne finishes at 39.3%. Malphite opens with 40 base armor and reaches 124.2 at level 18, the steepest armor curve in the pairing, which flatly refuses a purely physical damage profile. His 665 base health is also the largest opening pool either side brings, and Granite Shield layers a free absorb worth a tenth of his maximum health whenever he has not been struck recently, so uncommitted poke is poke that gets refunded.

Ground Slam compounds it twice over: the magic damage scales off his own armor, so defensive purchases raise his offence, and the attack-speed reduction attacks the single stat this marksman is built around. Seismic Shard steals movement speed for three seconds, undercutting Night Hunter‘s approach bonus at 330 against his 335, and Unstoppable Force arrives as an unavoidable knockup. His 28 base magic resistance is the one defensive number where he trails, and it is useless information against physical damage. What remains is Silver Bolts, whose maximum-health component ignores armor and is the only dependable source against 2,433 health at level 18. Reserving Condemn for the ultimate rather than the shard is the rest of the plan.