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How to Synergize Trundle with Malzahar on the Same TeamTrundle is in the s tier of champions

Trundle with Malzahar

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How to Synergize Trundle and Malzahar

based on 8,165 Trundle with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
55 %
K/D/A
1.71
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Trundle has gone into battle with Malzahar in 8165 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much relevant data directly from the hosts of LoL, we are totally sure that we can showcase robust, usable builds to help Trundle play with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Trundle to play with Malzahar on the same team. This has only taken place in about 3.4% of games with Trundle.

Trundle Malzahar Synergy Summary

Trundle has done a great job of playing alongside Malzahar. Typically, he wins a fantastic 55.0% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Trundle when fighting on the same team as Malzahar by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Trundle vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerSheen

Core Trundle Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceHullbreakerTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

Sundered SkyExperimental HexplateBlade of The Ruined KingRavenous Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Trundle's passive ability p
Trundle's q ability q
Trundle's w ability w
Trundle's e ability e
Trundle's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Trundle and Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Trundle with Malzahar

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

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.

Trundle Malzahar Synergy Stats

Trundle Image
Win Rate
55 %
VS
Win Rate
45 %
Malzahar Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.4
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
5.5
< Assists >
5.5
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.23
139
< Minions Killed >
143
0.54
< Dragons Killed >
0.5
0.85
< Inhibitors >
0.82
16,132
< Physical Damage >
15,758
2,371
< Magic Damage >
2,360
566
< True Damage >
546
19,070
< Damage Dealt >
18,664
36,634
< Damage Taken >
36,023
12,494
< Gold Earned >
12,372
3.39
< Towers >
3.4
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.12
16,943
< Total Healing >
16,624
14,716
< Experience >
14,565
18
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
345
< Time Dealing CC >
339

How to Play with Malzahar as Trundle in LoL

The Trundle 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, Trundle sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Malzahar helps Trundle perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Trundle plays on the same team as Malzahar, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This change could signal that Malzahar provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Trundle is played with Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Malzahar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Malzahar.

Moreover, when Trundle plays with Malzahar on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Trundle in team fights.

Synergies between Trundle and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Trundle
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Trundle
Malzahar

Is Trundle better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Trundle that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, Malzahar is a decent companion for Trundle. By locking into the same team as Trundle, he increases their win rate by 2.3% to 55.0%. This proves that there is a good strategic relationship between Trundle and Malzahar that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Malzahar has a greater difficulty than Trundle. That means Trundle players need to be careful when lining up Malzahar comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.

Fighting together, Trundle players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Conversely, by grouping Trundle and Malzahar together, you may not be providing your other allies much engage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Malzahar ally's skill level, 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.

Additional Information for Trundle Players

How We Calculated Our Trundle Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Trundle and Malzahar, we analyzed 8,165 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 Trundle 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

To truly master Trundle to work well with Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to include in your Trundle and Malzahar synergy build include Trinity Force, Hullbreaker, and Titanic Hydra. When Trundle combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Malzahar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Trundle boasted an average win rate of 55.0% helping carry Malzahar with this build.

To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Trundle players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 55.0% win rate overall.

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