Malphite with Samira
How to Synergize Malphite and Samira
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Malphite Samira Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Samira
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Samira
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.
Malphite Samira Synergy Stats
How to Play with Samira as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Samira synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Samira, 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 Samira. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Samira helps Malphite perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is an ally to Samira, he sees a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Samira doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Samira 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 Samira.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Samira on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Samira does a decent job of covering Malphite in team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Samira?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Malphite that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Samira is a very typical teammate for Malphite. By locking into the same team as Malphite, she drops their win rate by -1.0% to 49.1%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Malphite and Samira that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Samira has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players must be careful when enlisting Samira teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much higher level of skill to work well with you.
Working together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to soak up damage. Combined, these champs will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Malphite and Samira together, you probably will not be giving your team enough magical damage output. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Samira ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to work well with Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Malphite and Samira synergy build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Hollow Radiance. When Malphite incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Samira than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing alongside Samira with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you 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 rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.1% winrate overall.
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