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How to Synergize Yuumi with Malzahar on the Same TeamYuumi is in the b tier of champions

Yuumi with Malzahar

How to Win With Yuumi and Malzahar Paired TogetherYuumi is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Yuumi and Malzahar

based on 2,692 Yuumi with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
43.4 %
K/D/A
4.44
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Yuumi has gone into battle with Malzahar in 2692 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much relevant data directly from the developers of League, we feel confident that we can produce high quality, usable builds to help Yuumi play with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Yuumi to play alongside Malzahar as allies. This has only occurred in approximately 3.2% of games with Yuumi.

Yuumi Malzahar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Yuumi has done a pathetic job of teaming up with Malzahar. Normally, she wins a lowly 43.4% of the time the champions play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Yuumi when fighting on the same team as Malzahar by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Yuumi vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteKindlegem

Core Yuumi Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

Imperial MandateDawncoreMikael's BlessingMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Yuumi to level upq
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Second ability for Yuumi to level upe
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Last skill for Yuumi to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveFont of LifeRevitalize
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Yuumi's passive ability p
Yuumi's q ability q
Yuumi's w ability w
Yuumi's e ability e
Yuumi's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
Q
4
E
5
Q
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R
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Q
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E
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Yuumi 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.

Yuumi Malzahar Synergy Stats

Yuumi Image
Win Rate
43.4 %
VS
Win Rate
56.6 %
Malzahar Image
1.5
< Kills >
1.4
3.6
< Deaths >
3.6
14.5
< Assists >
14.6
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
0.27
11
< Minions Killed >
12
0.01
< Dragons Killed >
0.01
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.49
289
< Physical Damage >
297
7,249
< Magic Damage >
7,017
685
< True Damage >
654
8,224
< Damage Dealt >
7,969
7,725
< Damage Taken >
7,679
7,824
< Gold Earned >
7,756
2.18
< Towers >
2.13
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0
6,323
< Total Healing >
6,389
10,772
< Experience >
10,571
35
< Vision Score >
35
17
< Wards Placed >
17
168
< Time Dealing CC >
165

How to Play with Malzahar as Yuumi in LoL

The Yuumi 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, Yuumi sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Malzahar helps Yuumi perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Yuumi is an ally to Malzahar, she gets a small increase in her total damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Malzahar helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Yuumi is played with Malzahar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Malzahar.

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

Synergies between Yuumi and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Yuumi
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Yuumi
Malzahar

Is Yuumi better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no one best companion for Yuumi that will 100% of the time be her top ally. However, overall, Malzahar is a very typical teammate for Yuumi. By playing on the same team as Yuumi, he decreases their win rate by -0.5% to 43.4%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Yuumi and Malzahar that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Malzahar has a much greater difficulty compared to Yuumi. That means Yuumi players should be cautious when lining up Malzahar comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing on the same side, Yuumi players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by aligning Yuumi and Malzahar together, you probably will not be granting your team a great deal of engage potential. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that helps cover this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Malzahar ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Yuumi Players

How We Calculated Our Yuumi Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Yuumi and Malzahar, we analyzed 2,692 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 Yuumi 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 Yuumi in order to work well with Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to get in your Yuumi and Malzahar synergy build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Yuumi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Malzahar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Yuumi boasted an average win rate of 43.4% helping carry Malzahar with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Yuumi players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 43.4% winrate overall.

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