Malphite with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Malphite and Caitlyn
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Malphite Caitlyn Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Malphite Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, 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 Caitlyn. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Caitlyn helps Malphite perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is paired with Caitlyn, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Caitlyn does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Caitlyn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Caitlyn.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Caitlyn on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Caitlyn does a poor job of protecting Malphite in teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Caitlyn
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no ideal ally for Malphite that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Caitlyn is a very typical teammate for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, she drops their win rate by -0.8% to 49.3%. This shows that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Malphite and Caitlyn that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Caitlyn has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you must be cautious when finding Caitlyn allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much higher level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, Malphite players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Malphite and Caitlyn together, you will not be granting your side a great deal of magical damage output. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Caitlyn ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to synergize with Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to focus on in your Malphite and Caitlyn synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Caitlyn than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 49.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Malphite players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Malphite and Caitlyn pairings, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.3% winrate overall.
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