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Malzahar with Graves

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How to Synergize Malzahar and Graves

based on 5,171 Malzahar with Graves pairs
Win Rate
50.3 %
K/D/A
2.21
Pick Rate
4.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Malzahar has gone into battle with Graves in 5171 recently played, ranked games. By accumulating so much accurate data directly from the makers of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can produce robust, insightful builds to help Malzahar synergize with Graves. It is somewhat uncommon for Malzahar to play with Graves as allies. This has only happened in approx. 4.2% of matches with Malzahar.

Malzahar Graves Synergy Summary

Malzahar does a average job of playing alongside Graves. Usually, he wins an acceptable 50.3% of the time the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to win more matches as Malzahar when playing with Graves by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs Graves Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterShadowflameSeraph's EmbraceRabadon's Deathcap

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Malzahar's passive ability p
Malzahar's q ability q
Malzahar's w ability w
Malzahar's e ability e
Malzahar's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
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R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Graves

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Graves

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 Graves Will Play

Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.

Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.

Malzahar Graves Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
50.3 %
VS
Win Rate
49.7 %
Graves Image
4.8
< Kills >
5.1
5.6
< Deaths >
5.6
7.6
< Assists >
7.4
1.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
201
< Minions Killed >
200
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.56
586
< Physical Damage >
609
20,794
< Magic Damage >
21,028
371
< True Damage >
402
21,751
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
18,633
< Damage Taken >
18,526
12,067
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.24
< Towers >
2.3
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,559
< Total Healing >
1,568
15,339
< Experience >
15,344
20
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
414
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with Graves as Malzahar in LoL

The Malzahar Graves synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Graves, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Graves. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Graves helps Malzahar perform poorer in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Malzahar is an ally to Graves, he observes a small decrease in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Graves does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played together with Graves on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Graves. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Graves.

Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Graves on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Graves does a poor job of protecting Malzahar in teamfights.

Synergies between Malzahar and Graves

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Graves
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
Graves

Is Malzahar better when played alongside Graves?

There is no perfect ally for Malzahar that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, Graves is a very typical teammate for Malzahar. By locking into the same team as Malzahar, he decreases their win rate by -0.2% to 50.3%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Malzahar and Graves that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Graves has a much lower diffuclty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Graves teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.

Playing together, Malzahar players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by bringing Malzahar and Graves together, you may not be providing your team much engage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that helps cover this hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Graves teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar Graves Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and Graves, we analyzed 5,171 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 Malzahar with Graves 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to pair well with Graves during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to build first in your Malzahar and Graves synergy build include Malignance, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar bought at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Graves than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Graves with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Malzahar players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Malzahar and Graves pairings, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Graves with Malzahar are given for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located at the top of this page.