Irelia with Malphite
How to Synergize Irelia and Malphite
based on 2,259 Irelia with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Irelia Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Irelia vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Irelia and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Irelia with Malphite
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Irelia in LoL
The Irelia Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Irelia sees a large worsening in her 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 Irelia perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Irelia is paired with Malphite, she sees a little increase in her total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Malphite supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Irelia is played alongside Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Malphite.
Additionally, when Irelia plays with Malphite on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Malphite does a poor job of covering Irelia during teamfights.
Synergies between Irelia and Malphite
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Is Irelia better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Irelia that will 100% of the time be her ideal teammate. However, Malphite is a not very good ally for Irelia. By being on the same team as Irelia, he drops their win rate by -2.3% to 47.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Irelia and Malphite that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Irelia. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Malphite comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working together, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by pairing Irelia and Malphite together, you probably will not be providing your side a great deal of attack damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that fills this gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Irelia in order to pair well with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Irelia and Malphite synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Sundered Sky. When Irelia included at least these three finished items in her build, she did a lot better when paired up with Malphite than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 47.5% helping carry Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.5% win rate overall.
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