Volibear with Malphite
How to Synergize Volibear and Malphite
based on 1,601 Volibear with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Volibear Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Volibear vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Volibear and Malphite
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.
Volibear Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Volibear in LoL
The Volibear 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, Volibear sees a very large drop 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 Volibear perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Volibear is an ally to Malphite, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Malphite does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Volibear is played 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 with Malphite.
Additionally, when Volibear plays with Malphite on the same side, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Volibear in team fights.
Synergies between Volibear and Malphite
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Is Volibear better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no top champion pairing for Volibear that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, Malphite is a very typical ally for Volibear. By locking into the same team as Volibear, he improves their win rate by 0.4% to 48.4%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Volibear and Malphite that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Volibear. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Malphite comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing on the same side, Volibear players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by aligning Volibear and Malphite together, you may not be providing your other teammates much AP. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Volibear to work well with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Volibear and Malphite synergy build include Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Malphite than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Volibear boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Volibear and Malphite pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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