Malzahar with Xerath
How to Synergize Malzahar and Xerath
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Malzahar Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Xerath
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 Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Malzahar Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Xerath helps Malzahar perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar is an ally to Xerath, he gets a little decrease in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Xerath doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played together with Xerath on the same team, 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 synergisticly with Xerath.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Xerath on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Xerath does a poor job of covering Malzahar during teamfights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Xerath
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no top ally for Malzahar that will always be his ideal synergy. Yet, Xerath is a very typical teammate for Malzahar. By locking into the same side as Malzahar, he increases their win rate by 0.6% to 51.1%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Malzahar and Xerath that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Xerath has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means you should be very careful when enlisting Xerath teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by grouping Malzahar and Xerath together, you may not be giving your other teammates enough AD. Plan to pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Xerath teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to synergize with Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to get in your Malzahar and Xerath synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Xerath than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 51.1% helping carry Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.1% win rate overall.
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