Malphite with Vel'Koz
How to Synergize Malphite and Vel'Koz
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Malphite Vel'Koz Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malphite and Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Malphite with Vel'Koz
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 Understand How Vel'Koz Will Play
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
Malphite Vel'Koz Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vel'Koz as Malphite in LoL
The Malphite Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, 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 Vel'Koz. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Vel'Koz helps Malphite perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malphite plays on the same team as Vel'Koz, he observes a little increase in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Vel'Koz supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malphite is played alongside Vel'Koz 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 synergisticly with Vel'Koz.
Additionally, when Malphite plays with Vel'Koz on the same side, he on average takes more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Vel'Koz does a poor job of covering Malphite in teamfights.
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Is Malphite better when played alongside Vel'Koz?
There is no one best companion for Malphite that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Vel'Koz is a good teammate for Malphite. By locking into the same side as Malphite, he increases their win rate by 1.6% to 51.7%. This shows that there is a somewhat important bond between Malphite and Vel'Koz that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Vel'Koz has a much greater difficulty compared to Malphite. That means you should be cautious when lining up Vel'Koz teammates to play with, as they will require a much higher level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Malphite and Vel'Koz together, you may not be providing your other allies enough sustained damage output. Plan to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of your Vel'Koz ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, 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 Malphite to work well with Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Malphite and Vel'Koz synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Malphite used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Vel'Koz than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malphite boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing alongside Vel'Koz with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you 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 combinations players picked for Malphite and Vel'Koz pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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