Malphite vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Malphite
based on 3,186 Malphite vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Syndra
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.
Advice to Win Against Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Malphite vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Malphite in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several influential Malphite against Syndra matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Syndra..
Malphite normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Syndra. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Syndra
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Who is Better, Malphite or Syndra?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually wins when taking on Syndra, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes a good counter to Syndra.
While Malphite does have a higher winrate than Syndra, when on opposite teams, Malphite also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malphite into Syndra.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Syndra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Syndra matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malphite is a good counter for Syndra. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malphite in order to counter Syndra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite often picks up a similar amount of CS as Syndra. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Malphite versus Syndra build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Malphite used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Syndra than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 52.4% when countering Syndra with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Syndra as Malphite, Malphite players should take the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Malphite vs Syndra matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.4% win rate overall.
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