Malphite with Volibear
How to Synergize Malphite and Volibear
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Malphite Volibear Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Volibear
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Volibear
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 Volibear Synergy Stats
How to Play with Volibear as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Volibear synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Volibear, 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 Volibear. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Volibear helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is paired with Volibear, he sees a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Volibear doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Volibear on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Volibear.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Volibear on the same team, he often takes less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Volibear does a decent job of covering Malphite during teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Volibear?
There is no top champion pairing for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Volibear is a below average ally for Malphite. By being on the same side as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 48.4%. This demonstrates that there is a negative strategic relationship between Malphite and Volibear that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Volibear has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means you must be cautious when enlisting Volibear allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Working alongside, Malphite players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by bringing Malphite and Volibear together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates much AP. Plan to pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Volibear ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 Volibear during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Malphite and Volibear synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Volibear than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Volibear with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Malphite players should equip 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 rune builds players picked for Malphite and Volibear pairings, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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