Malphite with Senna
How to Synergize Malphite and Senna
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Malphite Senna Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Senna
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Senna
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 Senna Synergy Stats
How to Play with Senna as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Senna synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Senna, 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 Senna. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Senna helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is paired with Senna, he observes a small increase in his total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Senna helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Senna 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 with Senna.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Senna on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Senna does a poor job of protecting Malphite in teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Senna?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Malphite that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. Yet, Senna is a decent companion for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, she increases their win rate by 2.0% to 52.1%. This signals that there is a good strategic relationship between Malphite and Senna that results in them performing better together than alone.
Senna has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you should be careful when lining up Senna comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much higher level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, Malphite players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. When paired, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Conversely, by grouping Malphite and Senna together, you may not be providing your team much protection for burst damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Senna ally's ability, you should focus on increasing 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
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to pair well with Senna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to focus on in your Malphite and Senna synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Hollow Radiance. When Malphite combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Senna than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 52.1% helping carry Senna with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Malphite players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.1% winrate overall.
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