Zoe with Malphite
How to Synergize Zoe and Malphite
based on 1,659 Zoe with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zoe Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Zoe vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zoe and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Zoe with Malphite
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
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.
Zoe Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Zoe in LoL
The Zoe 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, Zoe sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malphite helps Zoe perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zoe plays on the same team as Malphite, she gets a small increase in her full damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Malphite provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Zoe is played with Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Malphite.
Additionally, when Zoe plays with Malphite on the same side, she usually takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Zoe during teamfights.
Synergies between Zoe and Malphite
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Is Zoe better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Zoe that will always be her top synergy. However, Malphite is a very typical companion for Zoe. By locking into the same team as Zoe, he decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 46.5%. This demonstrates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Zoe and Malphite that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Zoe. That means Zoe players don't need to be cautious when lining up Malphite allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, Zoe players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. When paired, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by pairing Zoe and Malphite together, you may not be granting your team a great deal of sustained damage output. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Zoe to pair well with Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Zoe and Malphite synergy build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Zoe used at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Malphite than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zoe boasted an average win rate of 46.5% when playing alongside Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Zoe players should use the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.5% winrate overall.
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