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.
Melee allies can stack Frost for your Permafrost, keep an eye on who they are attacking.
Save Glacial Prison for encounters where you have teammates present to take advantage of it.
Use Arctic Assault to escape bad situations, interupt channeled spells or chase runners.
The Malphite Sejuani synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sejuani, 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 Sejuani. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sejuani helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is an ally to Sejuani, he sees a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Sejuani supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played with Sejuani on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Sejuani.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Sejuani on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Sejuani does a poor job of covering Malphite during team fights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Malphite that will always be his ideal teammate. However, overall, Sejuani is a very bad teammate for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, she lowers their win rate by -4.4% to 45.7%. This shows that there is a terrible strategic relationship between Malphite and Sejuani that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Sejuani has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means you need to be very careful when enlisting Sejuani comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two will be a great protective duo.
Although, by grouping Malphite and Sejuani together, you may not be giving your other allies enough sustained damage output. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Sejuani teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
To truly master Malphite in order to work well with Sejuani during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Malphite and Sejuani synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Sejuani than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 45.7% helping carry Sejuani with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, Malphite players should take 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 sets that we analyzed for Malphite and Sejuani pairings, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.7% win rate overall.
If you want to get Malphite with Sejuani cooperations tips and builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and guides given are calculated using every game finished with both champions.