Malphite with Sett
How to Synergize Malphite and Sett
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Malphite Sett Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Sett
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Sett
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 Sett Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sett as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Sett synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sett, 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 Sett. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Sett helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is an ally to Sett, he observes a small decrease in his full damage output. This may indicate that Sett does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Sett on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sett.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Sett on the same side, he usually receives less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Sett does a decent job of covering Malphite during team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Sett?
There is no perfect synergy for Malphite that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Sett is a good ally for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, he increases their win rate by 1.5% to 51.6%. This shows that there is a somewhat important bond between Malphite and Sett that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Sett has a lower difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players don't need to be cautious when finding Sett allies to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by grouping Malphite and Sett together, you may not be granting your team very much magical damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Sett teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 in order to pair well with Sett during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best items to focus on in your Malphite and Sett synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Sett than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 51.6% when playing alongside Sett with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should take 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 runes players picked for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Sett with Malphite are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.