Malphite with Sylas
How to Synergize Malphite and Sylas
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Malphite Sylas Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Sylas Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Sylas
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Sylas
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 Sylas Will Play
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Malphite Sylas Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sylas as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Sylas synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sylas, 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 Sylas. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sylas helps Malphite perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is paired with Sylas, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Sylas does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Sylas on the same team, 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 Sylas.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Sylas on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Sylas does a decent job of protecting Malphite in teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Sylas
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Sylas?
There is no one best companion for Malphite that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Sylas is a below average companion for Malphite. By being on the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -1.6% to 48.5%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Malphite and Sylas that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Sylas has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players should be careful when lining up Sylas teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Malphite and Sylas together, you probably will not be giving your side a great deal of AD. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Sylas ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to work well with Sylas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Malphite and Sylas synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Sylas than with many other common builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 48.5% when playing alongside Sylas with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Malphite and Sylas pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Sylas with Malphite are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.