Amumu with Malphite
How to Synergize Amumu and Malphite
based on 3,027 Amumu with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Amumu Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Amumu vs Malphite Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Amumu Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Amumu and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Amumu with Malphite
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
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.
Amumu Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Amumu in LoL
The Amumu Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Amumu sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malphite helps Amumu perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Amumu tries to synergize with Malphite, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Malphite provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Amumu is played alongside Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Malphite.
Additionally, when Amumu plays with Malphite on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Amumu in teamfights.
Synergies between Amumu and Malphite
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Amumu better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Amumu that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, Malphite is a below average ally for Amumu. By playing on the same team as Amumu, he decreases their win rate by -1.6% to 47.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative synergy between Amumu and Malphite that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Amumu. That means Amumu players don't need to be careful when finding Malphite comrades to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide a lot of utility for your team. When paired, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by bringing Amumu and Malphite together, you probably will not be providing your side a great deal of sustained damage output. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
Other Champion Matchups Against Amumu
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Amumu Players
How We Calculated Our Amumu Malphite Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Amumu in order to work well with Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to get in your Amumu and Malphite synergy build include Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Malphite than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 47.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malphite with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Malphite with Amumu are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu at the top of this page.