Zilean with Malzahar
How to Synergize Zilean and Malzahar
based on 1,199 Zilean with Malzahar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Malzahar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Malzahar
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Malzahar helps Zilean perform worse in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean tries to synergize with Malzahar, he observes a small increase in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Malzahar supports by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played together with Malzahar on the same team, 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.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Malzahar on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Zilean in teamfights.
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no one best champion pairing for Zilean that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. However, overall, Malzahar is a very typical companion for Zilean. By playing on the same side as Zilean, he lowers their win rate by -0.3% to 50.4%. This signals that there is only a small strategic relationship between Zilean and Malzahar that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Malzahar has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Malzahar allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to work well with you.
Fighting alongside, Zilean players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by pairing Zilean and Malzahar together, you will not be providing your side enough anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Malzahar ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to synergize with Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Zilean and Malzahar synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Zilean had an average winrate of 50.4% helping carry Malzahar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, Zilean players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Zilean and Malzahar pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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