Malphite with Lux
How to Synergize Malphite and Lux
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Malphite Lux Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Lux
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Lux
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 Lux Will Play
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
Malphite Lux Synergy Stats
How to Play with Lux as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Lux synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lux, 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 Lux. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Lux helps Malphite perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is an ally to Lux, he gets a little increase in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Lux provides cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Lux on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Lux. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Lux.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Lux on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Lux does a poor job of covering Malphite during team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Lux?
There is no perfect synergy for Malphite that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Lux is a very typical ally for Malphite. By being on the same side as Malphite, she has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 50.1%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Malphite and Lux that allows them to perform at the same level together than without each other.
Lux has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players must be cautious when lining up Lux comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by bringing Malphite and Lux together, you probably will not be giving your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Lux ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to pair well with Lux during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Malphite and Lux synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Force of Nature. When Malphite used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Lux than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 50.1% helping carry Lux with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.1% winrate overall.
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