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Malzahar with K'Sante

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How to Synergize Malzahar and K'Sante

based on 1,550 Malzahar with K'Sante pairs
Win Rate
46.3 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Malzahar has been on the same team as K'Sante in 1550 recent, competitive matches. By accumulating so much relevant data from the publishers of LoL, we are confident that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Malzahar synergize with K'Sante. It is very rare for Malzahar to play with K'Sante as allies. This has only happened in approximately 1.3% of games with Malzahar.

Malzahar K'Sante Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Malzahar has done a awful job of teaming up with K'Sante. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.3% of games the champions try and work together in. If you want to play better as Malzahar when playing with K'Sante by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with them, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterMalignanceZhonya's Hourglass

Optional Items

Void StaffLiandry's TormentLuden's CompanionSeraph's Embrace

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 BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
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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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and K'Sante

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with K'Sante

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 K'Sante Will Play

Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.

Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.

Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).

Malzahar K'Sante Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
46.3 %
VS
Win Rate
53.7 %
K'Sante Image
5.3
< Kills >
5.1
5.8
< Deaths >
5.6
7.7
< Assists >
7.4
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
204
< Minions Killed >
200
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.56
625
< Physical Damage >
609
22,092
< Magic Damage >
21,028
400
< True Damage >
402
23,119
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
19,044
< Damage Taken >
18,526
12,369
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.28
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,577
< Total Healing >
1,568
15,535
< Experience >
15,344
20
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
424
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with K'Sante as Malzahar in LoL

The Malzahar K'Sante synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with K'Sante, 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 K'Sante. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that K'Sante helps Malzahar perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Malzahar plays on the same team as K'Sante, he observes a marginal improvement in his complete damage output. This may signal that K'Sante helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that their participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with K'Sante on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without K'Sante. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with K'Sante.

Moreover, when Malzahar plays with K'Sante on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that K'Sante does a poor job of covering Malzahar in teamfights.

Synergies between Malzahar and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
K'Sante

Is Malzahar better when played alongside K'Sante?

There is no one best ally for Malzahar that will always be his top ally. Yet, K'Sante is a very bad ally for Malzahar. By playing on the same side as Malzahar, they decreases their win rate by -4.2% to 46.3%. This signals that there is a very bad bond between Malzahar and K'Sante that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

K'Sante has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means you need to be cautious when lining up K'Sante comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

Playing alongside, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by aligning Malzahar and K'Sante together, you may not be granting your other teammates enough AD. Plan to include other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the skill of your K'Sante teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar K'Sante Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and K'Sante, we analyzed 1,550 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 K'Sante 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 truly master Malzahar to synergize with K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top items to have in your Malzahar and K'Sante synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Malzahar combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with K'Sante than with most other common builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 46.3% when playing alongside K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.3% win rate overall.

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