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How to Synergize Malzahar with Trundle on the Same TeamMalzahar is in the a tier of champions

Malzahar with Trundle

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How to Synergize Malzahar and Trundle

based on 8,165 Malzahar with Trundle pairs
Win Rate
55 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
6.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Malzahar has fought alongside Trundle in 8165 recent, ranked matches. By amassing so much great data directly from the creators of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can present to you high quality, usable builds to help Malzahar play with Trundle. It is somewhat uncommon for Malzahar to play alongside Trundle as teammates. This has only happened in approx. 6.7% of rounds with Malzahar.

Malzahar Trundle Synergy Summary

Malzahar does a great job of fighting on the same side as Trundle. Typically, he wins a terrific 55.0% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Malzahar when playing with Trundle by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs Trundle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Fiendish CodexLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterMalignanceStormsurge

Optional Items

ShadowflameRabadon's DeathcapLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

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
InspirationFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
7
E
8
Q
9
E
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Trundle

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Trundle

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 Trundle Will Play

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

Malzahar Trundle Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
55 %
VS
Win Rate
45 %
Trundle Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.6
7
< Assists >
7.4
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
195
< Minions Killed >
200
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.56
587
< Physical Damage >
609
20,676
< Magic Damage >
21,028
376
< True Damage >
402
21,639
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
17,993
< Damage Taken >
18,526
11,970
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.16
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,500
< Total Healing >
1,568
14,996
< Experience >
15,344
19
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
398
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with Trundle as Malzahar in LoL

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

When Malzahar tries to synergize with Trundle, he sees a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Trundle does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played together with Trundle on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Trundle. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Trundle.

Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Trundle on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Trundle does a decent job of protecting Malzahar in team fights.

Synergies between Malzahar and Trundle

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Trundle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
Trundle

Is Malzahar better when played alongside Trundle?

There is no top synergy for Malzahar that will always be his best ally. Yet, overall, Trundle is a superb teammate for Malzahar. By locking into the same team as Malzahar, he improves their win rate by 4.5% to 55.0%. This shows that there is a very strong bond between Malzahar and Trundle that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Trundle has a lower difficulty than Malzahar. That means Malzahar players don't need to be cautious when arranging Trundle comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, Malzahar players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by bringing Malzahar and Trundle together, you may not be giving your team a lot of engage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Trundle ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar Trundle Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and Trundle, we analyzed 8,165 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 Trundle 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 to pair well with Trundle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal finished items to focus on in your Malzahar and Trundle synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Stormsurge. When Malzahar used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Trundle than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 55.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Trundle with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Future's Market, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 55.0% winrate overall.

If you need to get Malzahar and Trundle synergy tips and builds for a an individual rank, please select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the stats and build suggestions given are calculated using all matches finished with both champs.