Malphite with Warwick
How to Synergize Malphite and Warwick
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Malphite Warwick Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Warwick
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Warwick
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 Warwick Will Play
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
Malphite Warwick Synergy Stats
How to Play with Warwick as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Warwick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Warwick, 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 Warwick. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Warwick helps Malphite perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Warwick, he observes a small increase in his full damage dealt. This difference could signal that Warwick supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Warwick on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Warwick. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Warwick.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Warwick on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Warwick does a decent job of protecting Malphite in team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Warwick
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Warwick?
There is no top champion pairing for Malphite that will no matter what be his best synergy. Yet, Warwick is a not very good ally for Malphite. By being on the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -1.2% to 48.9%. This demonstrates that there is a negative bond between Malphite and Warwick that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Warwick has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means you need to be careful when arranging Warwick teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by pairing Malphite and Warwick together, you probably will not be giving your side much magical damage output. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Warwick teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to work well with Warwick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to focus on in your Malphite and Warwick synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Malphite used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Warwick than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 48.9% helping carry Warwick with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating 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. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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