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.
The Fiddlesticks 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, Fiddlesticks 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 decrease shows that Malphite helps Fiddlesticks perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Fiddlesticks is paired with Malphite, he sees a little drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Malphite doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Fiddlesticks is played with Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Malphite.
Moreover, when Fiddlesticks plays with Malphite on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Fiddlesticks during teamfights.
There is no perfect synergy for Fiddlesticks that will no matter what be his ideal teammate. Yet, overall, Malphite is a relatively poor companion for Fiddlesticks. By being on the same side as Fiddlesticks, he drops their win rate by -1.1% to 47.9%. This shows that there is a bad bond between Fiddlesticks and Malphite that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Fiddlesticks. That means Fiddlesticks players don't need to be cautious when arranging Malphite allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Fiddlesticks and Malphite together, you may not be granting your side enough attack damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Fiddlesticks in order to work well with Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to have in your Fiddlesticks and Malphite synergy build include Cryptbloom, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Fiddlesticks bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Malphite than with most other common builds. In fact, Fiddlesticks boasted an average winrate of 47.9% helping carry Malphite with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Triple Tonic, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% winrate overall.
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