Thresh with Malphite
How to Synergize Thresh and Malphite
based on 5,110 Thresh with Malphite pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Thresh Malphite Synergy Summary
Best Thresh vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Thresh and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Thresh with Malphite
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Thresh in LoL
The Thresh 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, Thresh sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malphite helps Thresh perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Thresh tries to synergize with Malphite, he gets a small increase in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Malphite helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Thresh is played with Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Malphite.
Moreover, when Thresh plays with Malphite on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Thresh in team fights.
Synergies between Thresh and Malphite
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Is Thresh better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Thresh that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. Yet, Malphite is a very typical ally for Thresh. By locking into the same side as Thresh, he drops their win rate by -0.2% to 48.3%. This shows that there is not really a strong bond between Thresh and Malphite that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Thresh. That means Thresh players don't need to be careful when finding Malphite teammates to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, Thresh players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Combined, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by grouping Thresh and Malphite together, you probably will not be providing your other allies very much sustained damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Malphite teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Thresh to pair well with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to include in your Thresh and Malphite synergy build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Malphite than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Thresh boasted an average winrate of 48.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Thresh players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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