Lee Sin with Malphite
How to Synergize Lee Sin and Malphite
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Lee Sin Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Lee Sin and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin with Malphite
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Lee Sin in LoL
The Lee Sin 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, Lee Sin sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malphite helps Lee Sin perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lee Sin tries to synergize with Malphite, he gets a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Malphite supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Lee Sin is played alongside Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Malphite.
Moreover, when Lee Sin plays with Malphite on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of covering Lee Sin during teamfights.
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Is Lee Sin better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no one best companion for Lee Sin that will no matter what be his top synergy. Yet, Malphite is a very typical ally for Lee Sin. By playing on the same team as Lee Sin, he raises their win rate by 0.5% to 47.8%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Lee Sin and Malphite that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Lee Sin. That means Lee Sin players don't need to be careful when arranging Malphite allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, Lee Sin players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by bringing Lee Sin and Malphite together, you probably will not be providing your team enough magic damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Malphite ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Lee Sin in order to synergize with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Lee Sin and Malphite synergy build include Guardian Angel, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Malphite than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lee Sin had an average winrate of 47.8% when playing alongside Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Lee Sin players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Malphite with Lee Sin are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.