Malphite with Irelia
How to Synergize Malphite and Irelia
based on 2,259 Malphite with Irelia pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Irelia Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Irelia
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Irelia
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 Irelia Will Play
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
Malphite Irelia Synergy Stats
How to Play with Irelia as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Irelia synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Irelia, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Irelia. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Irelia helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite tries to synergize with Irelia, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Irelia doesn't help 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 Irelia on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Irelia.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Irelia on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Irelia does a decent job of protecting Malphite during team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Irelia?
There is no perfect ally for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his top ally. Yet, Irelia is a not very good ally for Malphite. By playing on the same side as Malphite, she decreases their win rate by -2.6% to 47.5%. This demonstrates that there is a bad bond between Malphite and Irelia that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Irelia has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players should be cautious when enlisting Irelia teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Combined, these two will be a great protective duo.
In contrast, by bringing Malphite and Irelia together, you probably will not be granting your side very much attack damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Irelia teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite to pair well with Irelia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to prioritize in your Malphite and Irelia synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Irelia than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 47.5% helping carry Irelia with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.
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