Malphite with Naafiri
How to Synergize Malphite and Naafiri
based on 1,678 Malphite with Naafiri pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Naafiri Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Naafiri
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 Naafiri Will Play
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Malphite Naafiri Synergy Stats
How to Play with Naafiri as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Naafiri synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Naafiri, 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 Naafiri. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Naafiri helps Malphite perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Naafiri, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Naafiri does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that their participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Naafiri on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Naafiri.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Naafiri on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Naafiri does a decent job of covering Malphite during team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Naafiri?
There is no top companion for Malphite that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Naafiri is a below average ally for Malphite. By being on the same team as Malphite, they decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 48.4%. This shows that there is a negative strategic relationship between Malphite and Naafiri that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Naafiri has a lower difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players don't need to be very careful when arranging Naafiri allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Playing alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Although, by aligning Malphite and Naafiri together, you will not be giving your team a great deal of magic damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of your Naafiri ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
To truly master Malphite to work well with Naafiri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Malphite and Naafiri synergy build include 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 fighting alongside Naafiri than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 48.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Naafiri with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for Malphite and Naafiri pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
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