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Janna with Malzahar

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How to Synergize Janna and Malzahar

based on 2,667 Janna with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
3.18
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in the results of from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Janna has gone into battle with Malzahar in 2667 recent, ranked matches. By accumulating so much great data straight from the creators of LoL, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, accurate builds to help Janna play with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Janna to play alongside Malzahar on the same side. This has only happened in about 2.8% of games with Janna.

Janna Malzahar Synergy Summary

Janna has done a average job of teaming up with Malzahar. Typically, she wins an acceptable 49.9% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Janna when playing with Malzahar by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Janna vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsFaerie Charm

Core Janna Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongDream MakerImperial Mandate

Optional Items

Ardent CenserRedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Janna to level upw
>
Second ability for Janna to level upe
>
Last skill for Janna to max outq

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandCelerityScorch
DominationEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Janna's passive ability p
Janna's q ability q
Janna's w ability w
Janna's e ability e
Janna's ultimate ability r
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W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Synergizing Janna and Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Janna with Malzahar

Timing Janna's ultimate can push enemies away from a wounded ally or even separate enemies.

Eye of the Storm can be used on allied turrets.

Quickly firing a Howling Gale without the charge up can be used to heavily disable the other team.

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.

Janna Malzahar Synergy Stats

Janna Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Malzahar Image
1.5
< Kills >
1.5
4.9
< Deaths >
4.9
14.1
< Assists >
14.5
0.27
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
26
< Minions Killed >
27
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.56
977
< Physical Damage >
979
6,192
< Magic Damage >
6,169
444
< True Damage >
437
7,614
< Damage Dealt >
7,585
17,347
< Damage Taken >
17,103
8,321
< Gold Earned >
8,267
2.15
< Towers >
2.18
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
7,861
< Total Healing >
7,693
10,621
< Experience >
10,468
62
< Vision Score >
62
27
< Wards Placed >
27
184
< Time Dealing CC >
180

How to Play with Malzahar as Janna in LoL

The Janna 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, Janna sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Malzahar helps Janna perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Janna tries to synergize with Malzahar, she gets a small increase in her total damage output. This could demonstrate that Malzahar helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Janna is played alongside Malzahar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Malzahar.

Moreover, when Janna plays with Malzahar on the same side, she on average takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Janna in teamfights.

Synergies between Janna and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Janna
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Janna
Malzahar

Is Janna better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no top ally for Janna that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. However, Malzahar is a below average ally for Janna. By being on the same side as Janna, he lowers their win rate by -1.1% to 49.9%. This proves that there is a negative synergy between Janna and Malzahar that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Malzahar has a lower difficulty than Janna. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Malzahar allies to fight alongside, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.

Fighting on the same side, Janna players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by aligning Janna and Malzahar together, you will not be providing your side very much AD. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of the ability of your Malzahar ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Janna Players

How We Calculated Our Janna Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Janna and Malzahar, we analyzed 2,667 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 Janna 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Janna to synergize with Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most important items to focus on in your Janna and Malzahar synergy build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Janna included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Malzahar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Janna boasted an average winrate of 49.9% helping carry Malzahar with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, Janna players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Celerity, Scorch, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Janna and Malzahar pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.

If you need to get Janna and Malzahar collaboration tips and builds for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions shown are calculated using every match finished with both champions.