Malphite with Qiyana
How to Synergize Malphite and Qiyana
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Malphite Qiyana Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Qiyana
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Qiyana
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.
Malphite Qiyana Synergy Stats
How to Play with Qiyana as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Qiyana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Qiyana, 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 Qiyana. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Qiyana helps Malphite perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Qiyana, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage output. This change may demonstrate that Qiyana does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Qiyana 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 alongside Qiyana.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Qiyana on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Qiyana does a poor job of protecting Malphite in team fights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Qiyana?
There is no one best companion for Malphite that will always be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Qiyana is a very bad teammate for Malphite. By locking into the same side as Malphite, she decreases their win rate by -3.4% to 46.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Malphite and Qiyana that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Qiyana has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be very careful when arranging Qiyana teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing on the same side, Malphite players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. When paired, these champions will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by grouping Malphite and Qiyana together, you probably will not be granting your other allies enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Qiyana ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Malphite to pair well with Qiyana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Malphite and Qiyana synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Qiyana than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 46.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Qiyana with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Malphite players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.7% win rate overall.
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