Malphite with Amumu
How to Synergize Malphite and Amumu
based on 3,027 Malphite with Amumu pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Amumu Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Amumu
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Amumu
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 Amumu Will Play
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Malphite Amumu Synergy Stats
How to Play with Amumu as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, 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 Amumu. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Amumu helps Malphite perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite tries to synergize with Amumu, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This may indicate that Amumu supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Amumu on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Amumu.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Amumu on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Amumu does a poor job of covering Malphite during teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Amumu?
There is no perfect synergy for Malphite that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Amumu is a relatively poor ally for Malphite. By locking into the same team as Malphite, he lowers their win rate by -2.7% to 47.4%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Malphite and Amumu that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Amumu has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be careful when lining up Amumu allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Working on the same side, Malphite players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Together, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Malphite and Amumu together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates enough sustained damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Amumu ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite to work well with Amumu during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to use in your Malphite and Amumu synergy build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Amumu than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 47.4% when playing alongside Amumu with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against 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. Out of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.
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