Malphite with Rumble
How to Synergize Malphite and Rumble
based on 1,375 Malphite with Rumble pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Rumble Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Rumble
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Rumble
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 Rumble Will Play
Try and keep targets in the range of your Flamespitter. It can deal a lot of damage overtime.
If you are winning a fight you can use your ultimate to wall off an escape path.
Try and pace yourself to stay in the Danger Zone to maximize your effectiveness. It is easy to overheat if you rapidly use your abilities.
Malphite Rumble Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rumble as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Rumble synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rumble, 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 Rumble. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rumble helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite tries to synergize with Rumble, he observes a little drop in his total damage output. This change may indicate that Rumble does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Rumble on the same side, 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 alongside Rumble.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Rumble on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Rumble does a decent job of protecting Malphite during team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Rumble
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Rumble?
There is no ideal champion pairing for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. However, overall, Rumble is a good companion for Malphite. By being on the same team as Malphite, he improves their win rate by 1.8% to 51.9%. This proves that there is a good strategic relationship between Malphite and Rumble that results in them performing better together than alone.
Rumble has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means Malphite players need to be cautious when arranging Rumble comrades to play with, as they will need a much higher level of skill to play well with you.
Working alongside, Malphite players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by pairing Malphite and Rumble together, you may not be giving your other allies very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to have other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Rumble ally's ability, 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 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 Rumble during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top items to use in your Malphite and Rumble synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Rumble than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average win rate of 51.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rumble with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you 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 builds players picked for Malphite and Rumble pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
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