Malphite with Zoe
How to Synergize Malphite and Zoe
based on 1,659 Malphite with Zoe pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Zoe Synergy Summary
Best Malphite vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Zoe
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Zoe
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 Zoe Will Play
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
Malphite Zoe Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zoe as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Zoe synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zoe, 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 Zoe. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Zoe helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is paired with Zoe, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Zoe does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Zoe 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 with Zoe.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Zoe on the same side, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Zoe does a poor job of covering Malphite in teamfights.
Synergies between Malphite and Zoe
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Zoe?
There is no perfect companion for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, overall, Zoe is a very bad companion for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, she lowers their win rate by -3.6% to 46.5%. This proves that there is a very bad strategic relationship between Malphite and Zoe that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Zoe has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means you must be very careful when finding Zoe allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, Malphite players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
Although, by aligning Malphite and Zoe together, you will not be providing your other teammates much AD. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Zoe ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to pair well with Zoe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to have in your Malphite and Zoe synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite bought at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Zoe than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 46.5% when playing alongside Zoe with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Malphite players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Malphite and Zoe pairings, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.5% winrate overall.
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