Katarina with Malphite
How to Synergize Katarina and Malphite
based on 4,583 Katarina with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Katarina Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Katarina vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Katarina with Malphite
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Katarina in LoL
The Katarina 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, Katarina sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Malphite helps Katarina perform poorer in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Katarina plays on the same team as Malphite, she sees a marginal improvement in her full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Malphite supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Katarina 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 with Malphite.
Moreover, when Katarina plays with Malphite on the same side, she usually receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Katarina during team fights.
Synergies between Katarina and Malphite
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Is Katarina better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no one best synergy for Katarina that will 100% of the time be her best ally. Yet, Malphite is a very typical companion for Katarina. By locking into the same side as Katarina, he decreases their win rate by -0.6% to 48.2%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Katarina and Malphite that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means Katarina players don't need to be very careful when arranging Malphite comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Katarina and Malphite together, you probably will not be granting your side enough AD. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Malphite ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Katarina in order to synergize with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to use in your Katarina and Malphite synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Katarina used at least these three finished items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Malphite than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 48.2% helping carry Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Katarina and Malphite pairings, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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