Malphite with Soraka
How to Synergize Malphite and Soraka
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Malphite Soraka Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Soraka
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Soraka
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 Soraka Will Play
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Malphite Soraka Synergy Stats
How to Play with Soraka as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 Soraka. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Soraka helps Malphite perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is paired with Soraka, he gets a little increase in his total damage dealt. This could indicate that Soraka provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Soraka on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Soraka.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Soraka on the same team, he often takes more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Soraka does a poor job of protecting Malphite in teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Soraka
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Soraka?
There is no top companion for Malphite that will always be his ideal ally. However, overall, Soraka is a very typical teammate for Malphite. By being on the same side as Malphite, she increases their win rate by 0.2% to 50.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Malphite and Soraka that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Soraka has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players should be very careful when finding Soraka teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, Malphite players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Combined, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by grouping Malphite and Soraka together, you may not be granting your other teammates a great deal of sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Soraka ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your 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 truly master Malphite in order to pair well with Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Malphite and Soraka synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Soraka than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 50.3% when playing alongside Soraka with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing 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. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Soraka with Malphite are given for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.