Akali with Malphite
How to Synergize Akali and Malphite
based on 7,021 Akali with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Akali Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Akali vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Akali and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Akali with Malphite
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Understand How Malphite Will Play
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.
Akali Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Akali in LoL
The Akali Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Akali sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malphite helps Akali perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Akali plays on the same team as Malphite, she sees a small increase in her complete damage output. This may signal that Malphite provides protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Akali is played together with Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Malphite.
Moreover, when Akali plays with Malphite on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Malphite does a poor job of covering Akali during team fights.
Synergies between Akali and Malphite
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Is Akali better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no one best ally for Akali that will 100% of the time be her best teammate. However, Malphite is a very typical companion for Akali. By locking into the same team as Akali, he raises their win rate by 0.3% to 49.4%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Akali and Malphite that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Akali. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Malphite teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Akali players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by grouping Akali and Malphite together, you will not be providing your other allies much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Akali in order to synergize with Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Akali and Malphite synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Malphite than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akali boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Akali and Malphite pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
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