Malzahar with Caitlyn
How to Synergize Malzahar and Caitlyn
based on 12,154 Malzahar with Caitlyn pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Caitlyn Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Caitlyn
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.
Advice to Understand How Caitlyn Will Play
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Malzahar Caitlyn Synergy Stats
How to Play with Caitlyn as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Caitlyn synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Caitlyn, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Malzahar sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Caitlyn. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Caitlyn helps Malzahar perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar tries to synergize with Caitlyn, he observes a little decrease in his full damage dealt. This change may signal that Caitlyn doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played together with Caitlyn on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Caitlyn. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Caitlyn.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Caitlyn on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Caitlyn does a decent job of protecting Malzahar during team fights.
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Caitlyn?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, Caitlyn is a very typical ally for Malzahar. By being on the same team as Malzahar, she lowers their win rate by -0.1% to 50.4%. This demonstrates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Malzahar and Caitlyn that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Caitlyn has a lower difficulty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Caitlyn teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Malzahar and Caitlyn together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates very much engage. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Caitlyn teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down 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 Malzahar to work well with Caitlyn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Malzahar and Caitlyn synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Void Staff. When Malzahar used at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Caitlyn than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 50.4% helping carry Caitlyn with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Malzahar players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Malzahar and Caitlyn pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.4% winrate overall.
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