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Elise with Malzahar

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How to Synergize Elise and Malzahar

based on 716 Elise with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches directly from Riot Games each week. Elise has gone into battle with Malzahar in 716 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much accurate data straight from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can produce high-quality, accurate builds to help Elise synergize with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Elise to play alongside Malzahar as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 2.6% of rounds with Elise.

Elise Malzahar Synergy Summary

Elise has done a ok job of fighting on the same side as Malzahar. Normally, she wins an acceptable 49.7% of rounds the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Elise when playing alongside Malzahar by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Elise vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Elise Items

~22 Mins
Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltLich Bane

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryNimbus CloakWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Elise's passive ability p
Elise's q ability q
Elise's w ability w
Elise's e ability e
Elise's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Elise and Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Elise with Malzahar

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.

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.

Elise Malzahar Synergy Stats

Elise Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Malzahar Image
7.7
< Kills >
7.3
6.6
< Deaths >
6.5
7.4
< Assists >
7.5
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
28
< Minions Killed >
31
1.39
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,294
< Physical Damage >
1,283
16,670
< Magic Damage >
16,280
1,413
< True Damage >
1,384
19,379
< Damage Dealt >
18,948
30,290
< Damage Taken >
29,391
11,661
< Gold Earned >
11,468
1.42
< Towers >
1.43
0.36
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
13,492
< Total Healing >
13,105
13,132
< Experience >
12,872
26
< Vision Score >
25
7
< Wards Placed >
7
179
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Malzahar as Elise in LoL

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

When Elise is an ally to Malzahar, she observes a little increase in her complete damage output. This may signal that Malzahar supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Elise is played with Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Malzahar. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Malzahar.

Moreover, when Elise plays with Malzahar on the same side, she on average receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Elise during team fights.

Synergies between Elise and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Elise
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Elise
Malzahar

Is Elise better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no ideal ally for Elise that will no matter what be her best teammate. Yet, Malzahar is a pretty good teammate for Elise. By locking into the same side as Elise, he increases their win rate by 1.6% to 49.7%. This proves that there is a good synergy between Elise and Malzahar that results in them performing better together than alone.

Malzahar has a much lower diffuclty than Elise. That means Elise players don't need to be very careful when arranging Malzahar teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Fighting alongside, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by pairing Elise and Malzahar together, you may not be giving your side enough engage potential. Make sure to include other champions on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Malzahar teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Elise Players

How We Calculated Our Elise Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Elise and Malzahar, we analyzed 716 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 Elise 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 learn all of the intricacies of Elise in order to pair well with Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to have in your Elise and Malzahar synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Malzahar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Elise had an average win rate of 49.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Malzahar with this build.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Malzahar with Elise are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.