Gnar with Malphite
How to Synergize Gnar and Malphite
based on 541 Gnar with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gnar Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Gnar and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Gnar with Malphite
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
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.
Gnar Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Gnar in LoL
The Gnar 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, Gnar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malphite helps Gnar perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gnar tries to synergize with Malphite, he gets a small increase in his full damage output. This may indicate that Malphite helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Gnar is played alongside Malphite on the same side, 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 Gnar plays with Malphite on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Gnar in team fights.
Synergies between Gnar and Malphite
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Is Gnar better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Gnar that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Malphite is a very typical companion for Gnar. By being on the same side as Gnar, he drops their win rate by -0.9% to 47.1%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Gnar and Malphite that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Gnar. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Malphite comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Gnar players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by grouping Gnar and Malphite together, you will not be giving your other allies very much sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Malphite ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Gnar in order to pair well with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to use in your Gnar and Malphite synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Trinity Force. When Gnar bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Malphite than with most other typical builds. In fact, Gnar had an average win rate of 47.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malphite with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Malphite with Gnar are given for every ranked division. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.