Malphite with Kayle
How to Synergize Malphite and Kayle
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Malphite Kayle Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Kayle
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Kayle
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 Kayle Will Play
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
Malphite Kayle Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kayle as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Kayle synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayle, 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 Kayle. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Kayle helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is paired with Kayle, he sees a little drop in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Kayle does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Kayle on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kayle. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Kayle.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Kayle on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Kayle does a decent job of protecting Malphite in teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Kayle?
There is no ideal companion for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, overall, Kayle is a decent teammate for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, she improves their win rate by 2.6% to 52.7%. This shows that there is a good strategic relationship between Malphite and Kayle that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Kayle has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you should be cautious when lining up Kayle 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 cooperate well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to see 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.
Although, by grouping Malphite and Kayle together, you may not be providing your side a lot of AD. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Kayle teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing 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 truly master Malphite to synergize with Kayle during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to include in your Malphite and Kayle synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Kayle than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 52.7% helping carry Kayle with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating 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 combinations players chose for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.7% winrate overall.
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