Malphite with Kindred
How to Synergize Malphite and Kindred
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Malphite Kindred Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Kindred
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Kindred
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 Kindred Will Play
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
Malphite Kindred Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kindred as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Kindred synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kindred, 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 Kindred. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kindred helps Malphite perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Kindred, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Kindred does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that their presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Kindred on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kindred. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kindred.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Kindred on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Kindred does a decent job of covering Malphite in teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Kindred?
There is no ideal ally for Malphite that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Kindred is a below average teammate for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, they lowers their win rate by -3.0% to 47.1%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Malphite and Kindred that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Kindred has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be cautious when lining up Kindred teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Malphite and Kindred together, you probably will not be granting your team much AP. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kindred teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to synergize with Kindred during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to prioritize in your Malphite and Kindred synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Kindred than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 47.1% when playing alongside Kindred with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Malphite and Kindred pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.1% win rate overall.
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