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.
Cleavers are a powerful tool for killing neutral monsters. Instead of returning to base, farm neutral monsters until your ultimate can heal you.
A well-timed Sadism can bait enemy champions into attacking you even when they lack the damage to finish you.
Spirit Visage will increase the healing done by your ultimate and lower cooldowns on all of your abilities.
The Malphite Dr. Mundo synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Dr. Mundo, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Malphite sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Dr. Mundo. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Dr. Mundo helps Malphite perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malphite is paired with Dr. Mundo, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This change could indicate that Dr. Mundo does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Dr. Mundo on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Dr. Mundo. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Dr. Mundo.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Dr. Mundo on the same team, he typically receives less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Dr. Mundo does a decent job of protecting Malphite during team fights.
There is no ideal synergy for Malphite that will always be his top teammate. However, overall, Dr. Mundo is a very bad ally for Malphite. By playing on the same team as Malphite, he decreases their win rate by -5.0% to 45.1%. This shows that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Malphite and Dr. Mundo that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Dr. Mundo has a greater difficulty than Malphite. That means Malphite players must be careful when arranging Dr. Mundo allies to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Conversely, by grouping Malphite and Dr. Mundo together, you may not be granting your other allies much sustained damage output. Plan to have other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Dr. Mundo ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
To learn all of the intricacies of Malphite to synergize with Dr. Mundo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to use in your Malphite and Dr. Mundo synergy build include Unending Despair, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Malphite bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Dr. Mundo than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malphite had an average winrate of 45.1% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Dr. Mundo with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Malphite players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Malphite and Dr. Mundo pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Dr. Mundo with Malphite are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.