Malzahar with Malphite
How to Synergize Malzahar and Malphite
based on 4,107 Malzahar with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Malphite
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Advice to Understand How Malphite Will Play
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.
Malzahar Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Malzahar sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Malphite helps Malzahar perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar plays on the same team as Malphite, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Malphite helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played together with Malphite on the same team, 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 with Malphite.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Malphite on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of covering Malzahar in teamfights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Malphite
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no top champion pairing for Malzahar that will always be his #1 synergy. However, Malphite is a very typical teammate for Malzahar. By playing on the same team as Malzahar, he decreases their win rate by -0.3% to 50.2%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Malzahar and Malphite that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Malphite allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Malzahar players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Malzahar and Malphite together, you may not be granting your team much sustained damage output. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malzahar to synergize with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to focus on in your Malzahar and Malphite synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better when paired up with Malphite than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 50.2% helping carry Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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