Nautilus with Malphite
How to Synergize Nautilus and Malphite
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Nautilus Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Nautilus and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Nautilus with Malphite
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
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.
Nautilus Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Nautilus in LoL
The Nautilus 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, Nautilus 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 fall shows that Malphite helps Nautilus perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nautilus is paired with Malphite, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This could indicate that Malphite helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nautilus is played together with Malphite on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Malphite.
Additionally, when Nautilus plays with Malphite on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Nautilus in team fights.
Synergies between Nautilus and Malphite
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Is Nautilus better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no ideal companion for Nautilus that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, Malphite is a very typical teammate for Nautilus. By locking into the same side as Nautilus, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 48.8%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Nautilus and Malphite that allows them to perform at the same level together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Nautilus. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Malphite allies to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by grouping Nautilus and Malphite together, you will not be providing your team much AD. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Malphite ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nautilus in order to pair well with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to have in your Nautilus and Malphite synergy build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Nautilus incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Malphite than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nautilus had an average winrate of 48.8% when playing alongside Malphite with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Nautilus players should take the Aftershock, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% win rate overall.
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