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Vayne with Malzahar

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How to Synergize Vayne and Malzahar

based on 6,727 Vayne with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.02
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Vayne has gone into battle with Malzahar in 6727 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much complete data directly from the publishers of League, we are sure that we can provide you with high-quality, accurate builds to help Vayne play with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Vayne to play alongside Malzahar as teammates. This pairing has only happened in approximately 3.2% of games with Vayne.

Vayne Malzahar Synergy Summary

Vayne has done a average job of teaming up with Malzahar. Normally, she wins an acceptable 50.7% of matches the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Vayne when fighting on the same team as Malzahar by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Vayne vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordBerserker's Greaves

Core Vayne Items

~22 Mins
StormrazorEssence ReaverVoltaic Cyclosword

Optional Items

Immortal ShieldbowGuardian AngelPhantom DancerWit's End

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Vayne's passive ability p
Vayne's q ability q
Vayne's w ability w
Vayne's e ability e
Vayne's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
3
E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Vayne and Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Vayne with Malzahar

Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.

Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.

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.

Vayne Malzahar Synergy Stats

Vayne Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Malzahar Image
7.8
< Kills >
7.4
6.6
< Deaths >
6.4
5.5
< Assists >
5.5
1.82
< Killing Sprees >
1.73
161
< Minions Killed >
163
0.2
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.49
15,351
< Physical Damage >
14,953
1,568
< Magic Damage >
1,533
4,515
< True Damage >
4,426
21,436
< Damage Dealt >
20,913
21,943
< Damage Taken >
21,594
12,240
< Gold Earned >
12,107
2.26
< Towers >
2.26
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
6,093
< Total Healing >
6,006
13,047
< Experience >
12,904
18
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
9
68
< Time Dealing CC >
69

How to Play with Malzahar as Vayne in LoL

The Vayne 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, Vayne sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Malzahar helps Vayne perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Vayne is paired with Malzahar, she observes a small increase in her complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Malzahar supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Vayne is played with Malzahar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Malzahar. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Malzahar.

Moreover, when Vayne plays with Malzahar on the same team, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Vayne during teamfights.

Synergies between Vayne and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Vayne
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Vayne
Malzahar

Is Vayne better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no perfect champion pairing for Vayne that will always be her best teammate. Yet, overall, Malzahar is a very typical teammate for Vayne. By playing on the same team as Vayne, he increases their win rate by 0.4% to 50.7%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Vayne and Malzahar that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Malzahar has a lower difficulty than Vayne. That means Vayne players don't need to be careful when lining up Malzahar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by pairing Vayne and Malzahar together, you probably will not be giving your team a lot of cover. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Malzahar ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Vayne Players

How We Calculated Our Vayne Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Vayne and Malzahar, we analyzed 6,727 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 Vayne 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 Vayne in order to work well with Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top items to have in your Vayne and Malzahar synergy build consist of Stormrazor, Essence Reaver, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Vayne combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Malzahar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vayne boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Malzahar with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of defeating your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Vayne and Malzahar pairings, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Malzahar with Vayne are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.