Kalista with Malphite
How to Synergize Kalista and Malphite
based on 1,323 Kalista with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kalista Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Malphite
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista 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, Kalista sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malphite helps Kalista perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista plays on the same team as Malphite, she gets a little increase in her total damage output. This could signal that Malphite supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Malphite.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Malphite on the same side, she on average receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of covering Kalista during team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Malphite
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no one best synergy for Kalista that will always be her #1 ally. Yet, Malphite is a very typical ally for Kalista. By being on the same team as Kalista, he improves their win rate by 0.7% to 48.1%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Kalista and Malphite that results in them performing better together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Malphite allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Kalista and Malphite together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much support. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to pair well with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to get in your Kalista and Malphite synergy build include Blade of The Ruined King, Terminus, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Kalista combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Malphite than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 48.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Malphite with Kalista are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.