Malphite with Zeri
How to Synergize Malphite and Zeri
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Malphite Zeri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Zeri
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Zeri
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 Zeri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zeri as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Zeri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zeri, 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 Zeri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zeri helps Malphite perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Zeri, he gets a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Zeri does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Zeri on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zeri.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Zeri on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Zeri does a poor job of covering Malphite in team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Zeri?
There is no one best companion for Malphite that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, Zeri is a very bad teammate for Malphite. By locking into the same side as Malphite, they decreases their win rate by -5.1% to 45.0%. This shows that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Malphite and Zeri that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Zeri has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be careful when finding Zeri teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much greater level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by grouping Malphite and Zeri together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates much magic damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Zeri ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to pair well with Zeri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Malphite and Zeri synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Zeri than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 45.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zeri with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating 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. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Malphite and Zeri pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.0% winrate overall.
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