Malphite with Akshan
How to Synergize Malphite and Akshan
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Malphite Akshan Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Akshan
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Akshan
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.
Advice to Understand How Akshan Will Play
Raising an eyebrow in the face of danger, Akshan fights evil with dashing charisma, righteous vengeance, and a conspicuous lack of shirts. He is highly skilled in the art of stealth combat, able to evade the eyes of his enemies and reappear when they least expect him. With a keen sense of justice and a legendary death-reversing weapon, he rights the wrongs of Runeterra's many scoundrels while living by his own moral code: “Don't be an ass.”
Malphite Akshan Synergy Stats
How to Play with Akshan as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Akshan synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Akshan, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Malphite sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Akshan. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Akshan helps Malphite perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is an ally to Akshan, he gets a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Akshan does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that their presence on the team also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Akshan on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Akshan.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Akshan on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Akshan does a decent job of covering Malphite in teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Akshan?
There is no ideal companion for Malphite that will always be his top ally. Yet, Akshan is a below average companion for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, they decreases their win rate by -1.8% to 48.3%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Malphite and Akshan that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Akshan has a lower difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players don't need to be cautious when finding Akshan teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Playing on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by bringing Malphite and Akshan together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of attack damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of your Akshan ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to synergize with Akshan during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Malphite and Akshan synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Akshan than with most other common builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 48.3% helping carry Akshan with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, Malphite players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Malphite and Akshan pairings, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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