Draven with Malzahar
How to Synergize Draven and Malzahar
based on 3,591 Draven with Malzahar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Draven Malzahar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Draven and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Draven with Malzahar
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
Advice to Understand How Malzahar Will Play
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Draven Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Draven in LoL
The Draven Malzahar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malzahar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Draven sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Malzahar helps Draven perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Draven tries to synergize with Malzahar, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage dealt. This may indicate that Malzahar provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Draven is played with Malzahar on the same team, 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 synergisticly with Malzahar.
Additionally, when Draven plays with Malzahar on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Draven during team fights.
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Is Draven better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no perfect ally for Draven that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, Malzahar is a very typical companion for Draven. By playing on the same side as Draven, he raises their win rate by 0.7% to 50.4%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Draven and Malzahar that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Malzahar has a lower difficulty than Draven. That means Draven players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Malzahar allies to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, Draven players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
In contrast, by pairing Draven and Malzahar together, you will not be providing your other teammates much cover. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Malzahar ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, 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
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven to pair well with Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to include in your Draven and Malzahar synergy build include Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and Youmuu's Ghostblade. When Draven incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Malzahar than with most other common builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average win rate of 50.4% helping carry Malzahar with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Draven players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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