Wukong with Malphite
How to Synergize Wukong and Malphite
based on 1,240 Wukong with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Wukong Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Wukong vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Wukong and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Wukong with Malphite
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
Advice to Understand How Malphite Will Play
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.
Wukong Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Wukong in LoL
The Wukong Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Wukong sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malphite helps Wukong perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Wukong is an ally to Malphite, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Malphite doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Wukong is played with Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Malphite.
Additionally, when Wukong plays with Malphite on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Wukong during team fights.
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Is Wukong better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no one best companion for Wukong that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. However, Malphite is a very typical companion for Wukong. By playing on the same side as Wukong, he increases their win rate by 0.8% to 50.2%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Wukong and Malphite that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Wukong. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Malphite teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide utility and CC for your side. When paired, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by pairing Wukong and Malphite together, you probably will not be granting your side a lot of magic damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Malphite ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Wukong to pair well with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to have in your Wukong and Malphite synergy build include Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Malphite than with most other common item sets. In fact, Wukong had an average win rate of 50.2% when playing alongside Malphite with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Wukong and Malphite pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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