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Sett with Malzahar

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How to Synergize Sett and Malzahar

based on 3,475 Sett with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
1.78
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in data from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each week. Sett has been on the same team as Malzahar in 3475 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much relevant data directly from the developers of League of Legends, we feel confident that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Sett play with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Sett to play alongside Malzahar as teammates. This pairing has only happened in approx. 3.2% of matches with Sett.

Sett Malzahar Synergy Summary

Sett does a decent job of playing alongside Malzahar. Normally, he wins an acceptable 51.3% of games the champions appear on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Sett when fighting on the same team as Malzahar by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sett vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Sett Items

~22 Mins
Black CleaverTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Spear of ShojinSterak's GageForce of NatureHeartsteel

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sett to level upq
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Second ability for Sett to level upw
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Last skill for Sett to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Sett's passive ability p
Sett's q ability q
Sett's w ability w
Sett's e ability e
Sett's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Sett 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.

Sett Malzahar Synergy Stats

Sett Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Malzahar Image
6.5
< Kills >
6.1
6.7
< Deaths >
6.5
5.4
< Assists >
5.4
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
153
< Minions Killed >
154
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.55
18,698
< Physical Damage >
17,923
267
< Magic Damage >
264
5,437
< True Damage >
5,262
24,402
< Damage Dealt >
23,450
37,040
< Damage Taken >
35,858
11,936
< Gold Earned >
11,701
2.62
< Towers >
2.61
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
6,568
< Total Healing >
6,273
14,730
< Experience >
14,493
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
179
< Time Dealing CC >
177

How to Play with Malzahar as Sett in LoL

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

Overall, Sett sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malzahar helps Sett perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Sett tries to synergize with Malzahar, he sees a little increase in his complete damage output. This difference could indicate that Malzahar provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Sett is played together with Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Malzahar.

Additionally, when Sett plays with Malzahar on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Sett in team fights.

Synergies between Sett and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Sett
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sett
Malzahar

Is Sett better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no universally accepted best synergy for Sett that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, Malzahar is a very typical companion for Sett. By playing on the same team as Sett, he increases their win rate by 0.8% to 51.3%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Sett and Malzahar that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Malzahar has a much greater difficulty compared to Sett. That means Sett players must be very careful when enlisting Malzahar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

When playing together, Sett players should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by bringing Sett and Malzahar together, you may not be giving your other allies enough engage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Malzahar ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Sett Players

How We Calculated Our Sett Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sett and Malzahar, we analyzed 3,475 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 Sett 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 learn all of the intricacies of Sett to pair well with Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to master some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to use in your Sett and Malzahar synergy build include Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Sett bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Malzahar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sett had an average win rate of 51.3% when playing alongside Malzahar with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Sett and Malzahar pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.3% win rate overall.

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