Malphite with Zilean
How to Synergize Malphite and Zilean
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Malphite Zilean Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Zilean
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Zilean
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 Zilean Will Play
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
Malphite Zilean Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zilean as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Zilean synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zilean, 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 Zilean. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zilean helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is paired with Zilean, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Zilean supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Zilean on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zilean. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Zilean.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Zilean on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Zilean does a poor job of protecting Malphite during team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Zilean
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Zilean?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Malphite that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Zilean is a very typical companion for Malphite. By locking into the same side as Malphite, he increases their win rate by 0.3% to 50.4%. This signals that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Malphite and Zilean that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Zilean has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you need to be very careful when finding Zilean teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing alongside, Malphite players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. When paired, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by bringing Malphite and Zilean together, you will not be granting your team a great deal of attack damage. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Zilean ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to work well with Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to get in your Malphite and Zilean synergy build include Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Malphite incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Zilean than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 50.4% helping carry Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating your oponents, Malphite players should use 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 sets we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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