Swain with Malphite
How to Synergize Swain and Malphite
based on 4,689 Swain with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Swain Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Swain vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Swain and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Swain with Malphite
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
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.
Swain Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Swain in LoL
The Swain 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, Swain sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Malphite helps Swain perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Swain plays on the same team as Malphite, he sees a marginal improvement in his complete damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Malphite provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played with Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Malphite.
Additionally, when Swain plays with Malphite on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Swain during teamfights.
Synergies between Swain and Malphite
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Is Swain better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no top ally for Swain that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Malphite is a very typical companion for Swain. By being on the same side as Swain, he improves their win rate by 0.4% to 51.7%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Swain and Malphite that results in them performing better together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Swain. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Malphite allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working on the same side, Swain players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Swain and Malphite together, you may not be granting your other teammates a lot of sustained damage output. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Swain to pair well with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Swain and Malphite synergy build include Malignance, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Malphite than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Swain had an average win rate of 51.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malphite with this build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, Swain players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Swain and Malphite pairings, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% winrate overall.
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