Malphite with Hecarim
How to Synergize Malphite and Hecarim
based on 3,604 Malphite with Hecarim pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Hecarim Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Hecarim
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 Hecarim Will Play
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
Malphite Hecarim Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hecarim as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Hecarim synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hecarim, 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 Hecarim. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Hecarim helps Malphite perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite tries to synergize with Hecarim, he observes a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Hecarim does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Hecarim 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 Hecarim.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Hecarim on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Hecarim does a decent job of protecting Malphite in teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Hecarim?
There is no perfect ally for Malphite that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Hecarim is a not very good teammate for Malphite. By locking into the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -2.1% to 48.0%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Malphite and Hecarim that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Hecarim has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players must be very careful when arranging Hecarim allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by pairing Malphite and Hecarim together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a lot of magic damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Hecarim ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should 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 work well with Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Malphite and Hecarim synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Malphite incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Hecarim than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 48.0% when playing alongside Hecarim with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating 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 combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.0% win rate overall.
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