Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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 Lissandra 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, Lissandra sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Malphite helps Lissandra perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Lissandra plays on the same team as Malphite, she sees a marginal improvement in her total damage output. This change may signal that Malphite helps provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Lissandra is played alongside Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Malphite.
Moreover, when Lissandra plays with Malphite on the same team, she typically takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Lissandra during team fights.
There is no perfect ally for Lissandra that will always be her top ally. Yet, overall, Malphite is a very typical teammate for Lissandra. By playing on the same side as Lissandra, he drops their win rate by -0.4% to 49.1%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Lissandra and Malphite that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Lissandra. That means Lissandra players don't need to be very careful when finding Malphite comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing alongside, Lissandra players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Lissandra and Malphite together, you will not be giving your other allies much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Lissandra to pair well with Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Lissandra and Malphite synergy build include Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra included at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better as an ally of Malphite than with most other typical builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average win rate of 49.1% when playing alongside Malphite with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Lissandra and Malphite pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.1% win rate overall.
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