Malphite with Cho'Gath
How to Synergize Malphite and Cho'Gath
based on 1,586 Malphite with Cho'Gath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Cho'Gath Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Cho'Gath
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Cho'Gath
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 Cho'Gath Will Play
Using Rupture on creeps in combination with Carnivore is a good way to gain Health and Mana.
If you're having difficulty feasting upon champions, try eating minions until you're larger.
Try to line up your attacks with Vorpal Spikes so that they kill minions and harass enemy champions at the same time.
Malphite Cho'Gath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Cho'Gath as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Cho'Gath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Cho'Gath, 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 Cho'Gath. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Cho'Gath helps Malphite perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is paired with Cho'Gath, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This change could signal that Cho'Gath does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Cho'Gath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Cho'Gath.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Cho'Gath on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Cho'Gath does a decent job of covering Malphite in team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Cho'Gath?
There is no ideal companion for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, Cho'Gath is a relatively poor ally for Malphite. By locking into the same side as Malphite, he drops their win rate by -2.0% to 48.1%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful synergy between Malphite and Cho'Gath that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Cho'Gath has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be careful when finding Cho'Gath teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by aligning Malphite and Cho'Gath together, you will not be providing your team enough sustained damage output. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Cho'Gath ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite in order to work well with Cho'Gath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to build first in your Malphite and Cho'Gath synergy build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Cho'Gath than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 48.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Cho'Gath with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Malphite players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Malphite and Cho'Gath pairings, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.
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