Nunu & Willump with Malphite
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Malphite
based on 3,048 Nunu & Willump with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Malphite
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump 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, Nunu & Willump 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 Nunu & Willump perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nunu & Willump plays on the same team as Malphite, he sees a small increase in his complete damage output. This could indicate that Malphite supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Malphite.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Malphite on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Malphite does a poor job of covering Nunu & Willump during teamfights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Malphite
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no one best companion for Nunu & Willump that will always be his best teammate. However, Malphite is a very typical companion for Nunu & Willump. By locking into the same side as Nunu & Willump, he drops their win rate by -0.4% to 47.1%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Nunu & Willump and Malphite that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players don't need to be careful when finding Malphite allies to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Combined, these champs will be a great protective duo.
Although, by aligning Nunu & Willump and Malphite together, you will not be providing your other allies a great deal of attack damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's skill level, you should 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 truly master Nunu & Willump in order to synergize with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Nunu & Willump and Malphite synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Malphite than with many other typical builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 47.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, Nunu & Willump players should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Nunu & Willump and Malphite pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.1% winrate overall.
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