Malphite with Kai'Sa
How to Synergize Malphite and Kai'Sa
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Malphite Kai'Sa Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Kai'Sa
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Kai'Sa
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 Kai'Sa Will Play
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
Malphite Kai'Sa Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kai'Sa as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Kai'Sa synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kai'Sa, 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 Kai'Sa. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kai'Sa helps Malphite perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Kai'Sa, he gets a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Kai'Sa does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Kai'Sa 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 Kai'Sa.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Kai'Sa on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Kai'Sa does a decent job of protecting Malphite in team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Kai'Sa
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Kai'Sa?
There is no ideal companion for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Kai'Sa is a very bad companion for Malphite. By locking into the same team as Malphite, she lowers their win rate by -3.7% to 46.4%. This proves that there is a very bad synergy between Malphite and Kai'Sa that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Kai'Sa has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you should be careful when arranging Kai'Sa comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working cooperatively, Malphite players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by aligning Malphite and Kai'Sa together, you may not be providing your team a lot of utility. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Kai'Sa ally, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to synergize with Kai'Sa during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to have in your Malphite and Kai'Sa synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Kai'Sa than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 46.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kai'Sa with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating your oponents, you should use 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 sets players used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.4% win rate overall.
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