Aatrox with Malphite
How to Synergize Aatrox and Malphite
based on 2,179 Aatrox with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Aatrox Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Aatrox vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Aatrox and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Aatrox with Malphite
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
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.
Aatrox Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Aatrox in LoL
The Aatrox 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, Aatrox 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 Aatrox perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Aatrox is paired with Malphite, he gets a small increase in his total damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Malphite helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Aatrox 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.
Moreover, when Aatrox plays with Malphite on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Malphite does a poor job of covering Aatrox during teamfights.
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Is Aatrox better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no one best champion pairing for Aatrox that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, Malphite is a very typical teammate for Aatrox. By being on the same side as Aatrox, he raises their win rate by 0.3% to 50.7%. This shows that there is only a small synergy between Aatrox and Malphite that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Aatrox. That means Aatrox players don't need to be very careful when lining up Malphite allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Conversely, by bringing Aatrox and Malphite together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of AP. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Malphite teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Aatrox in order to work well with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to include in your Aatrox and Malphite synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Aatrox combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Malphite than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 50.7% when playing alongside Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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