Malzahar with Kalista
How to Synergize Malzahar and Kalista
based on 999 Malzahar with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Kalista
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 Kalista Will Play
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Malzahar Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, 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 Kalista. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Kalista helps Malzahar perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar tries to synergize with Kalista, he gets a small decrease in his total damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Kalista does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played together with Kalista on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kalista.
Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Kalista on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Malzahar in teamfights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Kalista
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no top companion for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Kalista is a very typical teammate for Malzahar. By being on the same side as Malzahar, she lowers their win rate by -0.9% to 49.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak strategic relationship between Malzahar and Kalista that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means you must be very careful when finding Kalista teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting together, Malzahar players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Malzahar and Kalista together, you may not be providing your other allies a great deal of cover. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Kalista ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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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 Kalista during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to get in your Malzahar and Kalista synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Void Staff, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Kalista than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 49.6% helping carry Kalista with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Malzahar players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.6% win rate overall.
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