Xerath with Malphite
How to Synergize Xerath and Malphite
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Xerath Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Malphite
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath 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 worsening shows that Malphite helps Xerath perform not as well in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is an ally to Malphite, he observes a small increase in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Malphite provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Malphite.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Malphite on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Malphite does a poor job of covering Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Malphite
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, Malphite is a very typical ally for Xerath. By being on the same side as Xerath, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 50.6%. This demonstrates that there is only a small strategic relationship between Xerath and Malphite that allows them to perform at the same level together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Malphite allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Xerath and Malphite together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough attack damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, 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 Xerath in order to work well with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Xerath and Malphite synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Xerath incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Malphite than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malphite with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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