Malphite with Akali
How to Synergize Malphite and Akali
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Malphite Akali Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Akali
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Akali
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 Akali Will Play
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Malphite Akali Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akali as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Akali synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akali, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akali. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Akali helps Malphite perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is an ally to Akali, he sees a little drop in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Akali does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Akali on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Akali.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Akali on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Akali does a poor job of covering Malphite during teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Akali?
There is no one best champion pairing for Malphite that will always be his #1 teammate. However, Akali is a very typical companion for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, she drops their win rate by -0.7% to 49.4%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Malphite and Akali that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Akali has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you must be cautious when arranging Akali allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much higher level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by aligning Malphite and Akali together, you may not be granting your team enough sustained damage output. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Akali ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing 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 learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to pair well with Akali during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to use in your Malphite and Akali synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Akali than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Akali with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Malphite players should equip 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 builds players used for Malphite and Akali pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% winrate overall.
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