Malphite with Annie
How to Synergize Malphite and Annie
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Malphite Annie Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Annie
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Annie
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 Annie Will Play
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
Malphite Annie Synergy Stats
How to Play with Annie as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Annie synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Annie, 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 Annie. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Annie helps Malphite perform not as well in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is an ally to Annie, he gets a little drop in his full damage output. This change may signal that Annie does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Annie on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Annie. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Annie.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Annie on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Annie does a decent job of covering Malphite during teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Annie?
There is no top ally for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, Annie is a relatively poor companion for Malphite. By locking into the same team as Malphite, she lowers their win rate by -1.8% to 48.3%. This signals that there is a harmful bond between Malphite and Annie that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Annie has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you need to be cautious when enlisting Annie teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Playing cooperatively, Malphite players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Malphite and Annie together, you may not be giving your side a lot of AD. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Annie ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 to work well with Annie during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to prioritize in your Malphite and Annie synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite combined at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Annie than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 48.3% helping carry Annie with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Malphite and Annie pairings, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Annie with Malphite are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.