Malphite with Mordekaiser
How to Synergize Malphite and Mordekaiser
based on 3,822 Malphite with Mordekaiser pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Mordekaiser Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Mordekaiser
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser Will Play
Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.
Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.
Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.
Malphite Mordekaiser Synergy Stats
How to Play with Mordekaiser as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Mordekaiser synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Mordekaiser, 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 Mordekaiser. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Mordekaiser helps Malphite perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite tries to synergize with Mordekaiser, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This change could indicate that Mordekaiser does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Mordekaiser on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Mordekaiser.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Mordekaiser on the same team, he typically receives less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Mordekaiser does a decent job of covering Malphite in team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Mordekaiser
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Mordekaiser?
There is no perfect synergy for Malphite that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Mordekaiser is a good teammate for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, he increases their win rate by 2.4% to 52.5%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Malphite and Mordekaiser that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Mordekaiser has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players should be cautious when arranging Mordekaiser allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Malphite players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by pairing Malphite and Mordekaiser together, you will not be giving your other teammates enough sustained damage output. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Mordekaiser ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite to work well with Mordekaiser during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to build first in your Malphite and Mordekaiser synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, 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 Mordekaiser than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 52.5% helping carry Mordekaiser with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating 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 sets we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
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