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Brand with Malzahar

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How to Synergize Brand and Malzahar

based on 5,870 Brand with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.08
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each week. Brand has gone into battle with Malzahar in 5870 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data straight from the publishers of League, we are sure that we can give you high-quality, insightful builds to help Brand play with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Brand to play alongside Malzahar as allies. This has only occurred in approx. 2.6% of games with Brand.

Brand Malzahar Synergy Summary

Brand has done a good job of teaming up with Malzahar. Typically, he wins an epic 52.0% of games the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Brand when fighting on the same team as Malzahar by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Brand vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Brand Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomZaz'Zak's RealmspikeLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassShadowflameMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationDark HarvestTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandScorch
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Brand's passive ability p
Brand's q ability q
Brand's w ability w
Brand's e ability e
Brand's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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E
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W
5
W
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Guide to Synergizing Brand and Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Brand with Malzahar

You can use Brand's abilities in a variety of combinations to maximize his damage in different situations.

You can deter enemies from standing near their minions by setting them ablaze, due to Conflagration.

Pyroclasm bounces randomly between enemies, so try to cast it on a small group of enemies if you want to hit the same target multiple times.

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.

Brand Malzahar Synergy Stats

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Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Malzahar Image
6
< Kills >
5.9
7.2
< Deaths >
7
9
< Assists >
8.9
1.37
< Killing Sprees >
1.35
51
< Minions Killed >
65
0.65
< Dragons Killed >
0.66
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.42
851
< Physical Damage >
843
22,380
< Magic Damage >
22,309
1,350
< True Damage >
1,355
24,583
< Damage Dealt >
24,507
26,070
< Damage Taken >
25,724
11,141
< Gold Earned >
11,149
1.55
< Towers >
1.54
0.18
< Baron Takedowns >
0.17
6,225
< Total Healing >
6,222
12,824
< Experience >
13,070
41
< Vision Score >
36
16
< Wards Placed >
14
231
< Time Dealing CC >
239

How to Play with Malzahar as Brand in LoL

The Brand 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, Brand 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 Brand perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Brand tries to synergize with Malzahar, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This change could indicate that Malzahar helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Brand is played together with Malzahar on the same team, 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 Brand plays with Malzahar on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Brand in team fights.

Synergies between Brand and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Brand
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Brand
Malzahar

Is Brand better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no one best champion pairing for Brand that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, Malzahar is a very typical teammate for Brand. By playing on the same side as Brand, he improves their win rate by 0.6% to 52.0%. This demonstrates that there is only a small bond between Brand and Malzahar that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Malzahar has a greater difficulty than Brand. That means you should be very careful when arranging Malzahar teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, Brand players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by aligning Brand and Malzahar together, you will not be giving your other teammates very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their potential.

Regardless of your Malzahar ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Brand Players

How We Calculated Our Brand Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Brand and Malzahar, we analyzed 5,870 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 Brand 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 Brand in order to synergize with Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to have in your Brand and Malzahar synergy build consist of Cryptbloom, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Liandry's Torment. When Brand combined at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Malzahar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Brand boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when playing alongside Malzahar with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Brand players should use the Dark Harvest, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.

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