Nasus with Malphite
How to Synergize Nasus and Malphite
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Nasus Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Nasus with Malphite
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Nasus in LoL
The Nasus 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, Nasus sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Malphite helps Nasus perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nasus plays on the same team as Malphite, he gets a small increase in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Malphite supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played together with Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Malphite.
Additionally, when Nasus plays with Malphite on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Malphite does a poor job of covering Nasus in teamfights.
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Is Nasus better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no top ally for Nasus that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. However, Malphite is a not very good teammate for Nasus. By being on the same team as Nasus, he decreases their win rate by -1.4% to 48.9%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Nasus and Malphite that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Nasus. That means Nasus players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Malphite allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Nasus players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by grouping Nasus and Malphite together, you will not be providing your team a lot of support. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Malphite ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 Nasus in order to pair well with Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Nasus and Malphite synergy build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nasus used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Malphite than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Nasus had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing alongside Malphite with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Nasus players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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