Malphite with Leona
How to Synergize Malphite and Leona
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Malphite Leona Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Leona
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Leona
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 Leona Will Play
Shield of Daybreak and Zenith Blade form a powerful offensive combo.
Lead the charge and mark your foes with Sunlight before your allies deal damage.
You can absorb a huge amount of damage using Eclipse, but you must stay near enemies to gain the bonus duration.
Malphite Leona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Leona as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Leona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Leona, 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 Leona. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Leona helps Malphite perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is paired with Leona, he sees a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Leona supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Leona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Leona.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Leona on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Leona does a decent job of protecting Malphite during teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Leona
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Leona?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Malphite that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Leona is a decent ally for Malphite. By locking into the same side as Malphite, she increases their win rate by 1.2% to 51.3%. This shows that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Malphite and Leona that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Leona has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players should be very careful when finding Leona allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, Malphite players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Together, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by bringing Malphite and Leona together, you may not be giving your side a lot of AD. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Leona ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite to synergize with Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Malphite and Leona synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Leona than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 51.3% helping carry Leona with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Malphite players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Malphite and Leona pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.3% winrate overall.
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