Malphite with Wukong
How to Synergize Malphite and Wukong
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Malphite Wukong Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Wukong
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Wukong
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 Wukong Will Play
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
Malphite Wukong Synergy Stats
How to Play with Wukong as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Wukong synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Wukong, 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 Wukong. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Wukong helps Malphite perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is an ally to Wukong, he observes a little increase in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Wukong supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Wukong 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 synergisticly with Wukong.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Wukong on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Wukong does a poor job of protecting Malphite during team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Wukong?
There is no perfect synergy for Malphite that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, Wukong is a very typical teammate for Malphite. By being on the same side as Malphite, he raises their win rate by 0.1% to 50.2%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Malphite and Wukong that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Wukong has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means you need to be cautious when finding Wukong allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working cooperatively, Malphite players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to buff allies and debuff enemies. Combined, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by grouping Malphite and Wukong together, you will not be granting your team very much magic damage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Wukong ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malphite to work well with Wukong during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to have in your Malphite and Wukong synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite used at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Wukong than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 50.2% helping carry Wukong with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should equip 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 builds players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
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