Malphite with Gnar
How to Synergize Malphite and Gnar
based on 541 Malphite with Gnar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Gnar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Gnar
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Gnar
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 Gnar Will Play
Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.
Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.
Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.
Malphite Gnar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gnar as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Gnar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gnar, 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 Gnar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Gnar helps Malphite perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is paired with Gnar, he gets a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Gnar doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Gnar on the same side, 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 Gnar.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Gnar on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Gnar does a decent job of covering Malphite in teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Gnar
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Gnar?
There is no ideal ally for Malphite that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, Gnar is a relatively poor ally for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -3.0% to 47.1%. This signals that there is a bad synergy between Malphite and Gnar that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Gnar has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you must be cautious when arranging Gnar teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by pairing Malphite and Gnar together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Gnar ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to synergize with Gnar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Malphite and Gnar synergy build include Malignance, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Stormsurge. When Malphite combined at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Gnar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 47.1% when playing alongside Gnar with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Malphite and Gnar pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.1% winrate overall.
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