Malphite with Nami
How to Synergize Malphite and Nami
based on 3,930 Malphite with Nami pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Nami Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Nami
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Nami
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 Nami Will Play
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
Malphite Nami Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nami as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Nami synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nami, 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 Nami. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nami helps Malphite perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is an ally to Nami, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This could signal that Nami helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Nami on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nami.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Nami on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Nami does a poor job of covering Malphite during teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Nami
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Nami?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Malphite that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Nami is a very typical teammate for Malphite. By being on the same side as Malphite, she lowers their win rate by -0.5% to 49.6%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Malphite and Nami that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Nami has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players must be careful when finding Nami teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Malphite players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by bringing Malphite and Nami together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates very much AD. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Nami ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Malphite to pair well with Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to have in your Malphite and Nami synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Nami than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 49.6% when playing alongside Nami with this build.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Malphite players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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