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.
Volcanic Rupture can be used to set up zoning areas to threaten enemies.
Learning build paths of items can help quickly select upgrades in lane.
The order of your abilties matters! Try to optimize Brittle usage.
The Malphite Ornn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ornn, 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 Ornn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ornn helps Malphite perform worse in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Ornn, he gets a small increase in his total damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Ornn provides cover for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Ornn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Ornn. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Ornn.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Ornn on the same team, he typically receives less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Ornn does a decent job of covering Malphite during team fights.
There is no one best companion for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. However, overall, Ornn is a below average ally for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -2.2% to 47.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Malphite and Ornn that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Ornn has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means you need to be very careful when finding Ornn comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by grouping Malphite and Ornn together, you may not be granting your side very much sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Ornn ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
To truly master Malphite to pair well with Ornn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Malphite and Ornn synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Malphite incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Ornn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 47.9% helping carry Ornn with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.9% win rate overall.
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