Malphite with Malzahar
How to Synergize Malphite and Malzahar
based on 4,107 Malphite with Malzahar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Malzahar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Malzahar
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 Malzahar Will Play
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Malphite Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Malzahar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malzahar, 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 Malzahar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Malzahar helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite tries to synergize with Malzahar, he gets a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Malzahar does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Malzahar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Malzahar.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Malzahar on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Malphite in teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no perfect synergy for Malphite that will always be his top ally. However, Malzahar is a very typical companion for Malphite. By being on the same team as Malphite, he improves their win rate by 0.1% to 50.2%. This demonstrates that there is only a small synergy between Malphite and Malzahar that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Malzahar has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players should be cautious when lining up Malzahar allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Malphite players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by bringing Malphite and Malzahar together, you probably will not be granting your team much attack damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this hole in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Malzahar ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Malphite and Malzahar synergy build include Unending Despair, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Malzahar than with many other common builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when playing alongside Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood 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. Of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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