Kindred with Malphite
How to Synergize Kindred and Malphite
based on 3,031 Kindred with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kindred Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kindred and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Kindred with Malphite
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
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.
Kindred Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Kindred in LoL
The Kindred Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Kindred sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malphite helps Kindred perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kindred is paired with Malphite, they observes a small increase in their full damage output. This change may demonstrate that Malphite provides protection for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kindred is played alongside Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Malphite.
Additionally, when Kindred plays with Malphite on the same team, they typically takes a little more damage than when they plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Malphite does a poor job of covering Kindred in team fights.
Synergies between Kindred and Malphite
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Is Kindred better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no perfect synergy for Kindred that will no matter what be their #1 synergy. However, Malphite is a below average teammate for Kindred. By locking into the same team as Kindred, he lowers their win rate by -1.2% to 47.1%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful bond between Kindred and Malphite that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Kindred. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Malphite comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working cooperatively, Kindred players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Kindred and Malphite together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of magic damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Kindred to synergize with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to use in your Kindred and Malphite synergy build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kindred bought at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better when paired up with Malphite than with most other typical builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average winrate of 47.1% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Malphite with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, Kindred players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Kindred and Malphite pairings, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.1% winrate overall.
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