Malphite with Nasus
How to Synergize Malphite and Nasus
based on 1,754 Malphite with Nasus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Nasus Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Nasus
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Nasus
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 Nasus Will Play
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Malphite Nasus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nasus as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Nasus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nasus, 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 Nasus. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nasus helps Malphite perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is paired with Nasus, he observes a little decrease in his total damage output. This could signal that Nasus does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Nasus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nasus. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nasus.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Nasus on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Nasus does a decent job of covering Malphite during teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Nasus?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Malphite that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Nasus is a not very good companion for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 48.9%. This proves that there is a bad strategic relationship between Malphite and Nasus that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Nasus has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be careful when lining up Nasus comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much greater level of skill to play well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Malphite players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these champs will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Malphite and Nasus together, you may not be granting your side enough crowd control. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Nasus ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down 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 learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to synergize with Nasus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Malphite and Nasus synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Malphite used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Nasus than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing alongside Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Malphite and Nasus pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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