Malphite with Karma
How to Synergize Malphite and Karma
based on 3,416 Malphite with Karma pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Karma Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Karma Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Karma
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Karma
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 Karma Will Play
Don't be too conservative with Mantra. Gathering Fire is strongest in teamfights, making it easy to recharge Mantra multiple times.
Gathering Fire rewards aggressive play. Look to land abilities and basic attacks on your opponent to lower Mantra's cooldown and stay on the offensive.
When using Focused Resolve, slow your opponents with Inner Flame or speed yourself up with Inspire if you're having trouble sticking to a target.
Malphite Karma Synergy Stats
How to Play with Karma as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Karma synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Karma, 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 Karma. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Karma helps Malphite perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is paired with Karma, he gets a little increase in his full damage output. This change may signal that Karma provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Karma on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Karma. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Karma.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Karma on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Karma does a poor job of covering Malphite during team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Karma
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Karma?
There is no ideal synergy for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, Karma is a below average teammate for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, she lowers their win rate by -2.8% to 47.3%. This demonstrates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Malphite and Karma that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Karma has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players must be cautious when finding Karma comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Malphite players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Combined, these champions will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by aligning Malphite and Karma together, you may not be giving your other allies enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Karma ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold 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
To truly master Malphite in order to pair well with Karma 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 mind the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Malphite and Karma synergy build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Malphite included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Karma than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 47.3% when playing alongside Karma with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.3% win rate overall.
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