Malzahar with Twitch
How to Synergize Malzahar and Twitch
based on 4,359 Malzahar with Twitch pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Twitch Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Twitch Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Malzahar Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Twitch
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Twitch
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 Twitch Will Play
Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
Malzahar Twitch Synergy Stats
How to Play with Twitch as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Twitch synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Twitch, 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 Twitch. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Twitch helps Malzahar perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar plays on the same team as Twitch, he gets a little increase in his complete damage output. This change may indicate that Twitch supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played alongside Twitch on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Twitch.
Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Twitch on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could mean that Twitch does a poor job of covering Malzahar in team fights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Twitch
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Malzahar better when played alongside Twitch?
There is no one best synergy for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Twitch is a relatively poor teammate for Malzahar. By being on the same team as Malzahar, he lowers their win rate by -2.0% to 48.5%. This signals that there is a negative bond between Malzahar and Twitch that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.
Twitch has a lower difficulty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be careful when lining up Twitch teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working alongside, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by bringing Malzahar and Twitch together, you will not be granting your side enough engage. Make sure to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Twitch ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malzahar
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Malzahar Players
How We Calculated Our Malzahar Twitch Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to pair well with Twitch during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to include in your Malzahar and Twitch synergy build include Malignance, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar used at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Twitch than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 48.5% when playing alongside Twitch with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Malzahar players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Twitch with Malzahar are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu located above.