Malphite with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Malphite and Rek'Sai
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Malphite Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Malphite Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Rek'Sai helps Malphite perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is paired with Rek'Sai, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This could signal that Rek'Sai provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Rek'Sai on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Rek'Sai.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Rek'Sai on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Rek'Sai does a poor job of protecting Malphite during teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Rek'Sai
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no top synergy for Malphite that will no matter what be his top ally. However, Rek'Sai is a very typical companion for Malphite. By being on the same side as Malphite, he improves their win rate by 0.3% to 50.4%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Malphite and Rek'Sai that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Rek'Sai has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players must be cautious when enlisting Rek'Sai allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
Although, by bringing Malphite and Rek'Sai together, you probably will not be providing your side very much magical damage output. We recommend you include other champions on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Rek'Sai teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 work well with Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to include in your Malphite and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Rek'Sai than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 50.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rek'Sai with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Malphite players should take 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 Malphite and Rek'Sai pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
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