Malphite with Varus
How to Synergize Malphite and Varus
based on 5,908 Malphite with Varus pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malphite Varus Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Varus
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Varus
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 Varus Will Play
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
Malphite Varus Synergy Stats
How to Play with Varus as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Varus synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Varus, 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 Varus. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Varus helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Varus, he observes a little increase in his complete damage output. This may signal that Varus helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Varus on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Varus.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Varus on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Varus does a poor job of protecting Malphite in team fights.
Synergies between Malphite and Varus
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Varus?
There is no ideal ally for Malphite that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, Varus is a not very good teammate for Malphite. By locking into the same side as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -2.8% to 47.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Malphite and Varus that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Varus has a lower difficulty than Malphite. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Varus comrades to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Malphite players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by grouping Malphite and Varus together, you probably will not be granting your team enough AP. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their potential.
Regardless of the ability of your Varus ally, you need to focus on maximizing 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
To truly master Malphite to pair well with Varus during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to use in your Malphite and Varus synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Malphite included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Varus than with many other common builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 47.3% helping carry Varus with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Malphite players 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 we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.3% win rate overall.
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