Malphite with Zac
How to Synergize Malphite and Zac
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Malphite Zac Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Zac
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Zac
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 Zac Will Play
Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.
When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.
Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.
Malphite Zac Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zac as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Zac synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zac, 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 Zac. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zac helps Malphite perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is paired with Zac, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Zac provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Zac on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zac.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Zac on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Zac does a decent job of covering Malphite during team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Zac
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Zac?
There is no one best ally for Malphite that will always be his top ally. However, overall, Zac is a very typical companion for Malphite. By locking into the same side as Malphite, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 50.1%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Malphite and Zac that allows them to perform at the same level together than alone.
Zac has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be careful when finding Zac comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a much greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champs will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Conversely, by pairing Malphite and Zac together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of AD. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Zac ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite in order to synergize with Zac during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Malphite and Zac synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Zac than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 50.1% when playing alongside Zac with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use 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 runes players picked for Malphite and Zac pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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