Malzahar with Zyra
How to Synergize Malzahar and Zyra
based on 4,847 Malzahar with Zyra pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Zyra Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Zyra
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Zyra
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 Zyra Will Play
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
Malzahar Zyra Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zyra as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Zyra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zyra, 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 Zyra. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zyra helps Malzahar perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar is paired with Zyra, he observes a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Zyra does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played alongside Zyra on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zyra. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Zyra.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Zyra on the same team, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Zyra does a poor job of protecting Malzahar during teamfights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Zyra
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Zyra?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, Zyra is a superb companion for Malzahar. By being on the same side as Malzahar, she increases their win rate by 3.2% to 53.7%. This demonstrates that there is an important synergy between Malzahar and Zyra that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Zyra has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means Malzahar players should be very careful when arranging Zyra allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to play well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by pairing Malzahar and Zyra together, you may not be providing your side very much cover. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Zyra ally, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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How We Calculated Our Malzahar Zyra Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to work well with Zyra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Malzahar and Zyra synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar included at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Zyra than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 53.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zyra with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against 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 team composition, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Zyra with Malzahar are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.