Bard with Malphite
How to Synergize Bard and Malphite
based on 3,908 Bard with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Bard Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Bard and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Bard with Malphite
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Bard in LoL
The Bard 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, Bard sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Malphite helps Bard perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Bard plays on the same team as Malphite, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This change could signal that Malphite provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Bard is played alongside Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Malphite.
Additionally, when Bard plays with Malphite on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Malphite does a poor job of covering Bard in team fights.
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Is Bard better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no top ally for Bard that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. However, overall, Malphite is a relatively poor teammate for Bard. By being on the same side as Bard, he lowers their win rate by -1.4% to 50.9%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Bard and Malphite that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Bard. That means Bard players don't need to be very careful when lining up Malphite teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Together, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Bard and Malphite together, you will not be providing your other teammates much attack damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Bard to work well with Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to build first in your Bard and Malphite synergy build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Bloodsong. When Bard included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Malphite than with many other common item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 50.9% helping carry Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Bard players should use the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.
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