Kha'Zix with Malphite
How to Synergize Kha'Zix and Malphite
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Kha'Zix Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Kha'Zix and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix with Malphite
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Kha'Zix in LoL
The Kha'Zix 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, Kha'Zix sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Malphite helps Kha'Zix perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kha'Zix plays on the same team as Malphite, he observes a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Malphite provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Kha'Zix is played alongside 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 alongside Malphite.
Additionally, when Kha'Zix plays with Malphite on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of covering Kha'Zix in team fights.
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Is Kha'Zix better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no ideal ally for Kha'Zix that will 100% of the time be his top ally. However, overall, Malphite is a pretty good companion for Kha'Zix. By being on the same side as Kha'Zix, he increases their win rate by 1.5% to 50.7%. This demonstrates that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Kha'Zix and Malphite that results in them performing better together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Kha'Zix. That means Kha'Zix players don't need to be cautious when lining up Malphite teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Kha'Zix and Malphite together, you may not be giving your other allies enough AP. Plan to include other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Malphite teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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
If you would like to truly master Kha'Zix in order to pair well with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kha'Zix and Malphite synergy build include Guardian Angel, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Kha'Zix bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when paired up with Malphite than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average winrate of 50.7% helping carry Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.
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