Malphite with Thresh
How to Synergize Malphite and Thresh
based on 5,110 Malphite with Thresh pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Thresh Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Thresh
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Thresh
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 Thresh Will Play
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
Malphite Thresh Synergy Stats
How to Play with Thresh as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Thresh synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Thresh, 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 Thresh. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Thresh helps Malphite perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite tries to synergize with Thresh, he sees a little increase in his full damage output. This difference may signal that Thresh helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Thresh on the same team, 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 with Thresh.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Thresh on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Thresh does a decent job of covering Malphite in team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Thresh
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Thresh?
There is no top champion pairing for Malphite that will always be his #1 synergy. However, Thresh is a not very good companion for Malphite. By being on the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 48.3%. This proves that there is a negative strategic relationship between Malphite and Thresh that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Thresh has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you need to be very careful when enlisting Thresh comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, Malphite players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by aligning Malphite and Thresh together, you will not be providing your other teammates very much AD. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Thresh teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 truly master Malphite to work well with Thresh during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Malphite and Thresh synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Thresh than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 48.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Thresh with this build.
To have the best chance of beating 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. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Malphite and Thresh pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% winrate overall.
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