Delaying the activation of Undying Rage is a very effective way to make an enemy champion over-commit to trying to kill you.
If the enemy is stacking Armor, try building items like Last Whisper or Youmuu's Ghostblade.
Bloodlust is an excellent way to heal Tryndamere. Try not to let it fade off before you activate it.
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 Tryndamere 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, Tryndamere sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malphite helps Tryndamere perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Tryndamere plays on the same team as Malphite, he sees a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Malphite provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Tryndamere is played with Malphite on the same side, 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 alongside Malphite.
Additionally, when Tryndamere plays with Malphite on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Tryndamere in team fights.
There is no perfect ally for Tryndamere that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, Malphite is a very typical companion for Tryndamere. By playing on the same side as Tryndamere, he decreases their win rate by -0.4% to 49.7%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Tryndamere and Malphite that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Tryndamere. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Malphite allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Tryndamere players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by pairing Tryndamere and Malphite together, you probably will not be granting your team enough magical damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Malphite teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Tryndamere to work well with Malphite during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to use in your Tryndamere and Malphite synergy build consist of Blade of The Ruined King, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Tryndamere combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Malphite than with most other common item sets. In fact, Tryndamere boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when playing alongside Malphite with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, Tryndamere players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Tryndamere and Malphite pairings, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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