Neeko with Malphite
How to Synergize Neeko and Malphite
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Neeko Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Neeko vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Neeko and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Neeko with Malphite
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
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.
Neeko Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Neeko in LoL
The Neeko Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Neeko sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malphite helps Neeko perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Neeko plays on the same team as Malphite, she observes a little increase in her complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Malphite provides cover for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Neeko is played with Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Malphite.
Additionally, when Neeko plays with Malphite on the same team, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Malphite does a poor job of covering Neeko during team fights.
Synergies between Neeko and Malphite
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Is Neeko better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Neeko that will always be her #1 ally. However, Malphite is a very typical teammate for Neeko. By locking into the same team as Neeko, he lowers their win rate by -0.1% to 49.3%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Neeko and Malphite that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Neeko. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Malphite teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting together, Neeko players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by bringing Neeko and Malphite together, you will not be providing your team a lot of sustained damage output. Plan to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Malphite teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Neeko to synergize with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to focus on in your Neeko and Malphite synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Neeko combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Malphite than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Neeko boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when playing alongside Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Neeko players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Neeko and Malphite pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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