Zac with Malphite
How to Synergize Zac and Malphite
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Zac Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zac and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Zac with Malphite
Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.
When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.
Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.
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.
Zac Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Zac in LoL
The Zac 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, Zac sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malphite. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Malphite helps Zac perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Zac plays on the same team as Malphite, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Malphite doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zac is played alongside Malphite 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 Malphite.
Moreover, when Zac plays with Malphite on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Malphite does a decent job of covering Zac in team fights.
Synergies between Zac and Malphite
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Is Zac better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no one best synergy for Zac that will 100% of the time be his best ally. Yet, Malphite is a relatively poor ally for Zac. By being on the same side as Zac, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 50.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful synergy between Zac and Malphite that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Malphite has a much lower diffuclty than Zac. That means Zac players don't need to be careful when enlisting Malphite teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting alongside, Zac players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. Together, these champions will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by aligning Zac and Malphite together, you will not be granting your team a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Malphite ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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
To truly master Zac to work well with Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to include in your Zac and Malphite synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Zac incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Malphite than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zac boasted an average win rate of 50.1% helping carry Malphite with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, Zac players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% winrate overall.
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