Darius with Malphite
How to Synergize Darius and Malphite
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Darius Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Darius with Malphite
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Darius in LoL
The Darius 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, Darius sees a very large drop in his 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 Darius perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Darius is an ally to Malphite, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Malphite provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played with Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Malphite.
Additionally, when Darius plays with Malphite on the same side, he often receives more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Darius during team fights.
Synergies between Darius and Malphite
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Is Darius better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no ideal synergy for Darius that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Malphite is a very bad companion for Darius. By being on the same team as Darius, he lowers their win rate by -3.2% to 46.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Darius and Malphite that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Darius. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Malphite teammates to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by pairing Darius and Malphite together, you will not be granting your other allies a lot of magic damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Darius in order to work well with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to get in your Darius and Malphite synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Darius used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Malphite than with most other typical builds. In fact, Darius boasted an average winrate of 46.0% when playing alongside Malphite with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Darius players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.0% winrate overall.
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