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How to Synergize Hwei with Malzahar on the Same TeamHwei is in the b tier of champions

Hwei with Malzahar

How to Win With Hwei and Malzahar Paired TogetherHwei is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Hwei and Malzahar

based on 2,128 Hwei with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.16
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Hwei has gone into battle with Malzahar in 2128 recently played, ranked games. By gathering so much great data straight from the creators of LoL, we are sure that we can provide you with high quality, insightful builds to help Hwei play with Malzahar. It is very rare for Hwei to play with Malzahar on the same side. This pairing has only happened in about 1.2% of rounds with Hwei.

Hwei Malzahar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Hwei does a awful job of teaming up with Malzahar. Normally, they wins a lowly 45.9% of matches the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Hwei when playing alongside Malzahar by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Hwei vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Hwei Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentCryptbloomStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Hwei to level upq
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Second ability for Hwei to level upe
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Last skill for Hwei to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Hwei's passive ability p
Hwei's q ability q
Hwei's w ability w
Hwei's e ability e
Hwei's ultimate ability r
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2
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Hwei and Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Hwei with Malzahar

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

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.

Hwei Malzahar Synergy Stats

Hwei Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Malzahar Image
5
< Kills >
5.4
6.8
< Deaths >
6.2
9.7
< Assists >
8.7
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
91
< Minions Killed >
142
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.07
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.45
890
< Physical Damage >
967
20,666
< Magic Damage >
21,847
721
< True Damage >
559
22,279
< Damage Dealt >
23,374
19,321
< Damage Taken >
18,866
10,454
< Gold Earned >
10,950
1.78
< Towers >
1.84
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,749
< Total Healing >
1,707
12,425
< Experience >
13,651
42
< Vision Score >
27
19
< Wards Placed >
13
428
< Time Dealing CC >
571

How to Play with Malzahar as Hwei in LoL

The Hwei Malzahar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malzahar, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Hwei sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malzahar helps Hwei perform poorer in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Hwei is paired with Malzahar, they gets a barely noticable drop in their total damage output. This change may demonstrate that Malzahar does not support by providing cover for them to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Hwei is played with Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays without Malzahar. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing alongside Malzahar.

Additionally, when Hwei plays with Malzahar on the same team, they usually receives a little more damage than when they fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Hwei during teamfights.

Synergies between Hwei and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Hwei
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Hwei
Malzahar

Is Hwei better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Hwei that will always be their top teammate. However, Malzahar is a very typical ally for Hwei. By playing on the same team as Hwei, he decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 45.9%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Hwei and Malzahar that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Malzahar has a much lower diffuclty than Hwei. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Malzahar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to work well with you.

Fighting on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by bringing Hwei and Malzahar together, you will not be granting your team very much engage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Malzahar ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Hwei Players

How We Calculated Our Hwei Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Hwei and Malzahar, we analyzed 2,128 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Hwei with Malzahar comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Hwei in order to pair well with Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, 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 grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to use in your Hwei and Malzahar synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Hwei included at least these three pieces in their build, they performed much better when fighting alongside Malzahar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Hwei had an average win rate of 45.9% when playing alongside Malzahar with these items in their kit.

To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Hwei players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Malzahar with Hwei are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu above.