Malphite with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Malphite and Kog'Maw
based on 1,122 Malphite with Kog'Maw pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Kog'Maw
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 Kog'Maw Will Play
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
Malphite Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, 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 Kog'Maw. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Kog'Maw helps Malphite perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite tries to synergize with Kog'Maw, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Kog'Maw helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Kog'Maw on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Kog'Maw. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Kog'Maw.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Kog'Maw on the same side, he on average receives more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Kog'Maw does a poor job of protecting Malphite in teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his best ally. However, Kog'Maw is a very typical companion for Malphite. By being on the same team as Malphite, he drops their win rate by -0.5% to 49.6%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Malphite and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Kog'Maw has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players should be careful when lining up Kog'Maw allies to play with, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Conversely, by aligning Malphite and Kog'Maw together, you will not be granting your team a lot of engage. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Kog'Maw ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, 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 to work well with Kog'Maw during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to build first in your Malphite and Kog'Maw synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when paired up with Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 49.6% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Malphite players should use 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 runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.
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