Syndra vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Syndra
based on 2,738 Syndra vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Syndra vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Syndra vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Syndra
Tips for Playing as Syndra against Malzahar
To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.
After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.
Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.
Advice to Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Syndra vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Syndra in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several vital Syndra vs. Malzahar counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Syndra often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Syndra and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Syndra or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually loses when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 48.5% win rate. Thus, Syndra makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Syndra does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Syndra also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Syndra into Malzaharas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Syndra also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Syndra is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Syndra against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Syndra in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Syndra typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Syndra versus Malzahar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Malzahar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average winrate of 48.5% when playing against Malzahar with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Malzahar as Syndra, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Syndra vs Malzahar clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.5% win rate overall.
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