Malphite with Nunu & Willump
How to Synergize Malphite and Nunu & Willump
based on 3,048 Malphite with Nunu & Willump pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Core Malphite Items
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump Will Play
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Malphite Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nunu & Willump. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Nunu & Willump helps Malphite perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite tries to synergize with Nunu & Willump, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This may signal that Nunu & Willump supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Nunu & Willump on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Nunu & Willump. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Nunu & Willump.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Nunu & Willump on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of covering Malphite in teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Nunu & Willump
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Malphite that will always be his ideal teammate. However, Nunu & Willump is a not very good teammate for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -3.0% to 47.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Malphite and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Nunu & Willump has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players should be careful when enlisting Nunu & Willump allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.
Playing together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by pairing Malphite and Nunu & Willump together, you probably will not be granting your side a great deal of attack damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Nunu & Willump ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite to synergize with Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to have in your Malphite and Nunu & Willump synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Nunu & Willump than with most other common builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 47.1% when playing alongside Nunu & Willump with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating 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 builds players used for Malphite and Nunu & Willump pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.1% win rate overall.
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