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.
The Malphite Yone synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yone, 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 Yone. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Yone helps Malphite perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Yone, he gets a little decrease in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Yone doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played together with Yone on the same side, 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 Yone.
Moreover, when Malphite plays with Yone on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Yone does a decent job of covering Malphite during team fights.
There is no ideal champion pairing for Malphite that will always be his top ally. However, overall, Yone is a very typical ally for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, he drops their win rate by -0.1% to 50.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Malphite and Yone that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Yone has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you must be cautious when finding Yone teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by pairing Malphite and Yone together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates enough utility. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Yone teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Malphite in order to synergize with Yone during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Malphite and Yone synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Malphite used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Yone than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 50.0% when playing alongside Yone with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating 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. Of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Yone with Malphite are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a specific division, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.