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How to Synergize Samira and Malzahar

based on 5,576 Samira with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.13
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Samira has gone into battle with Malzahar in 5576 recent, ranked games. By amassing so much great data from the publishers of League of Legends, we are sure that we can provide you with robust, insightful builds to help Samira play with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Samira to play alongside Malzahar on the same side. This has only taken place in about 3.2% of games with Samira.

Samira Malzahar Synergy Summary

Samira does a average job of playing alongside Malzahar. Normally, she wins an acceptable 50.2% of matches the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Samira when playing with Malzahar 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 Samira vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsPickaxe

Core Samira Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelInfinity EdgeLord Dominik's Regards

Optional Items

Voltaic CycloswordBloodthirsterOpportunityImmortal Shieldbow

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Samira to level upq
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Second ability for Samira to level upe
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Last skill for Samira to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Samira's passive ability p
Samira's q ability q
Samira's w ability w
Samira's e ability e
Samira's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Samira and Malzahar

Advice to Understand How Malzahar Will Play

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.

Samira Malzahar Synergy Stats

Samira Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Malzahar Image
9.9
< Kills >
9.4
7.1
< Deaths >
7.1
5.2
< Assists >
5.4
2.24
< Killing Sprees >
2.13
166
< Minions Killed >
169
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.44
19,635
< Physical Damage >
19,006
2,596
< Magic Damage >
2,538
590
< True Damage >
578
22,822
< Damage Dealt >
22,124
24,198
< Damage Taken >
23,923
13,122
< Gold Earned >
12,946
2.12
< Towers >
2.08
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
7,837
< Total Healing >
7,672
12,408
< Experience >
12,312
17
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
27
< Time Dealing CC >
27

How to Play with Malzahar as Samira in LoL

The Samira Malzahar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malzahar, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Samira sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malzahar helps Samira perform worse in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Samira is an ally to Malzahar, she observes a little increase in her complete damage output. This could indicate that Malzahar helps provide protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Samira is played together with Malzahar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Malzahar.

Moreover, when Samira plays with Malzahar on the same side, she typically receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Samira in team fights.

Synergies between Samira and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Samira
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Samira
Malzahar

Is Samira better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no ideal synergy for Samira that will no matter what be her ideal teammate. However, Malzahar is a good teammate for Samira. By playing on the same team as Samira, he raises their win rate by 1.5% to 50.2%. This proves that there is a somewhat important bond between Samira and Malzahar that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.

Malzahar has a lower difficulty than Samira. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Malzahar teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to play well with you.

Fighting on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by bringing Samira and Malzahar together, you will not be granting your team a lot of protection for burst damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Malzahar teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Samira Players

How We Calculated Our Samira Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Samira and Malzahar, we analyzed 5,576 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 Samira with Malzahar 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

If you would like to truly master Samira in order to synergize with Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal items to focus on in your Samira and Malzahar synergy build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and Lord Dominik's Regards. When Samira bought at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting alongside Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Samira had an average winrate of 50.2% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Malzahar with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Samira players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.2% winrate overall.

If you want to view Samira and Malzahar cooperations tips and stats for a a specific division rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and guides shown are computed using every round run with these champs.