Malphite with Viego
How to Synergize Malphite and Viego
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Malphite Viego Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Viego
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Viego
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 Viego Synergy Stats
How to Play with Viego as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Viego synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Viego, 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 Viego. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Viego helps Malphite perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Viego, he gets a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Viego does not provide protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Viego 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 Viego.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Viego on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Viego does a decent job of protecting Malphite during teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Viego?
There is no one best ally for Malphite that will always be his top synergy. However, Viego is a pretty good companion for Malphite. By locking into the same side as Malphite, they improves their win rate by 1.6% to 51.7%. This shows that there is a potentially meaningful strategic relationship between Malphite and Viego that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Viego has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means you must be very careful when arranging Viego allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing together, Malphite players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by aligning Malphite and Viego together, you will not be providing your side a great deal of AP. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Viego ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite in order to pair well with Viego during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to build first in your Malphite and Viego synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Viego than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 51.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Viego with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Malphite players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
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