Malphite with Hwei
How to Synergize Malphite and Hwei
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Malphite Hwei Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Hwei
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Hwei
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 Hwei Will Play
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
Malphite Hwei Synergy Stats
How to Play with Hwei as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Hwei synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Hwei, 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 Hwei. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Hwei helps Malphite perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite is an ally to Hwei, he gets a small increase in his full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Hwei helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that their presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Hwei 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 alongside Hwei.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Hwei on the same team, he typically takes more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Hwei does a poor job of protecting Malphite during teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Hwei?
There is no one best companion for Malphite that will no matter what be his ideal synergy. However, Hwei is a very bad teammate for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, they drops their win rate by -3.5% to 46.6%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Malphite and Hwei that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Hwei has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you should be very careful when lining up Hwei teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Malphite and Hwei together, you may not be giving your other allies enough tankyness. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Hwei ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite in order to synergize with Hwei during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Malphite and Hwei synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Hwei than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 46.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Hwei with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Malphite and Hwei pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.6% win rate overall.
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