Galio with Malzahar
How to Synergize Galio and Malzahar
based on 819 Galio with Malzahar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Galio Malzahar Synergy Summary
Best Galio vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Galio and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Galio with Malzahar
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
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.
Galio Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Galio in LoL
The Galio 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, Galio sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Malzahar helps Galio perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Galio is an ally to Malzahar, he gets a moderate decrease in his total damage output. This may signal that Malzahar does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Galio is played with Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Malzahar.
Moreover, when Galio plays with Malzahar on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Galio during teamfights.
Synergies between Galio and Malzahar
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Is Galio better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Galio that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Malzahar is a very typical companion for Galio. By being on the same side as Galio, he decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 50.5%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Galio and Malzahar that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Malzahar has a greater difficulty than Galio. That means you must be very careful when arranging Malzahar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by grouping Galio and Malzahar together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of AD. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Malzahar ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Galio to pair well with Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Galio and Malzahar synergy build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Galio included at least these three great items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Malzahar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Galio had an average win rate of 50.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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