Hecarim with Malphite
How to Synergize Hecarim and Malphite
based on 3,604 Hecarim with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Malphite
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim 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, Hecarim sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malphite helps Hecarim perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Hecarim is paired with Malphite, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Malphite provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played together 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 synergisticly with Malphite.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Malphite on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Malphite does a poor job of covering Hecarim during team fights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Malphite
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no ideal ally for Hecarim that will no matter what be his top teammate. Yet, Malphite is a very typical ally for Hecarim. By locking into the same team as Hecarim, he drops their win rate by -0.5% to 48.0%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Hecarim and Malphite that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Hecarim. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Malphite teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by bringing Hecarim and Malphite together, you probably will not be providing your team a great deal of magic damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Malphite teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Hecarim in order to synergize with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Hecarim and Malphite synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Eclipse. When Hecarim combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Malphite than with many other common item sets. In fact, Hecarim boasted an average winrate of 48.0% helping carry Malphite with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Hecarim players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Hecarim and Malphite pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.
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