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Malzahar with Kassadin

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How to Synergize Malzahar and Kassadin

based on 126 Malzahar with Kassadin pairs
Win Rate
47.6 %
K/D/A
1.8
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the stats from from millions of League games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Malzahar has been on the same team as Kassadin in 126 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much complete data directly from the developers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Malzahar play with Kassadin. It is very rare for Malzahar to play alongside Kassadin on the same team. This has only occurred in approximately 0.1% of rounds with Malzahar.

Malzahar Kassadin Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Malzahar does a dismal job of playing alongside Kassadin. Usually, he wins a lowly 47.6% of matches the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Malzahar when playing alongside Kassadin by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs Kassadin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

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
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Last skill for Malzahar to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationMagical FootwearFuture's Market
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
6
R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Kassadin

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Kassadin

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 Kassadin Will Play

Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.

Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.

Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.

Malzahar Kassadin Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
47.6 %
VS
Win Rate
52.4 %
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4
< Kills >
5.1
5.9
< Deaths >
5.6
6.6
< Assists >
7.4
0.9
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
182
< Minions Killed >
200
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.56
578
< Physical Damage >
609
18,256
< Magic Damage >
21,028
464
< True Damage >
402
19,299
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
18,285
< Damage Taken >
18,526
11,555
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.07
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,591
< Total Healing >
1,568
14,647
< Experience >
15,344
23
< Vision Score >
20
11
< Wards Placed >
10
413
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with Kassadin as Malzahar in LoL

The Malzahar Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, 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 Kassadin. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kassadin helps Malzahar perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Malzahar is an ally to Kassadin, he observes a measurable drop in his complete damage output. This change could indicate that Kassadin does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with Kassadin on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kassadin.

Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Kassadin on the same side, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Kassadin does a decent job of covering Malzahar in teamfights.

Synergies between Malzahar and Kassadin

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Kassadin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
Kassadin

Is Malzahar better when played alongside Kassadin?

There is no perfect ally for Malzahar that will always be his best ally. However, Kassadin is a relatively poor companion for Malzahar. By being on the same team as Malzahar, he drops their win rate by -2.9% to 47.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful bond between Malzahar and Kassadin that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.

Kassadin has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means Malzahar players should be very careful when lining up Kassadin comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to work well with you.

Fighting together, Malzahar players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by aligning Malzahar and Kassadin together, you probably will not be giving your team enough AD. Plan to pick other champs on your team that fills this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Kassadin teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar Kassadin Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and Kassadin, we analyzed 126 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 Kassadin 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 Malzahar to work well with Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to build first in your Malzahar and Kassadin synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Kassadin than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 47.6% helping carry Kassadin with this build.

To have the best probability of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Future's Market, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.

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