Malphite with Aatrox
How to Synergize Malphite and Aatrox
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Malphite Aatrox Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Aatrox
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.
Advice to Understand How Aatrox Will Play
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Malphite Aatrox Synergy Stats
How to Play with Aatrox as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Aatrox synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aatrox, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Malphite sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aatrox. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Aatrox helps Malphite perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is an ally to Aatrox, he gets a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Aatrox does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Aatrox on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Aatrox.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Aatrox on the same side, he usually receives less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Aatrox does a decent job of protecting Malphite in teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Aatrox
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Aatrox?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Malphite that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Aatrox is a very typical ally for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, he increases their win rate by 0.6% to 50.7%. This signals that there is only a small synergy between Malphite and Aatrox that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Aatrox has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players must be very careful when arranging Aatrox comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Malphite players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Malphite and Aatrox together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough magical damage output. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Aatrox teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to pair well with Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Malphite and Aatrox synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Malphite bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Aatrox than with most other common builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 50.7% when playing alongside Aatrox with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, Malphite players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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