Syndra vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Syndra
based on 3,186 Syndra vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Malphite
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
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.
Syndra vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Syndra in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several valuable Syndra versus Malphite counter stats that may help you understand the differences between this set of champions. Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malphite’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malphite..
Syndra normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Malphite. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Malphite
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Who is Better, Syndra or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually loses when taking on Malphite, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Syndra makes a poor counter for Malphite.
While Syndra does have a lower win rate compared to Malphite, when on opposite teams, Syndra also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Syndra into Malphiteas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Syndra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malphite. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Syndra is a trash counter for Malphite. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Syndra against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Syndra to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Malphite. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Syndra versus Malphite build consist of Banshee's Veil, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Malphite than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Malphite as Syndra, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Syndra vs Malphite counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.
If you need to get Syndra vs Malphite tips and counter builds for a an individual skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and build suggestions displayed are calculated using all matches completed with both champions.