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Malzahar with Fiddlesticks

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How to Synergize Malzahar and Fiddlesticks

based on 1,766 Malzahar with Fiddlesticks pairs
Win Rate
46.5 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each week. Malzahar has gone into battle with Fiddlesticks in 1766 recently played, ranked matches. By gathering so much complete data from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can produce robust, usable builds to help Malzahar play with Fiddlesticks. It is very rare for Malzahar to play alongside Fiddlesticks on the same team. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.4% of rounds with Malzahar.

Malzahar Fiddlesticks Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Malzahar has done a awful job of synergizing with Fiddlesticks. Usually, he wins a poor 46.5% of matches the champions try and work together in. If you want to do better as Malzahar when playing alongside Fiddlesticks by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs Fiddlesticks Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceCryptbloomLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceRylai's Crystal ScepterLuden's CompanionVoid Staff

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Malzahar to level upe
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Second ability for Malzahar to level upq
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Last skill for Malzahar to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Malzahar's passive ability p
Malzahar's q ability q
Malzahar's w ability w
Malzahar's e ability e
Malzahar's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Fiddlesticks

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Fiddlesticks

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.

Malzahar Fiddlesticks Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
46.5 %
VS
Win Rate
53.5 %
Fiddlesticks Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.1
5.8
< Deaths >
5.6
7.6
< Assists >
7.4
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
203
< Minions Killed >
200
0.11
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.56
632
< Physical Damage >
609
21,186
< Magic Damage >
21,028
390
< True Damage >
402
22,209
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
19,352
< Damage Taken >
18,526
12,451
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.29
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,627
< Total Healing >
1,568
15,722
< Experience >
15,344
21
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
419
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with Fiddlesticks as Malzahar in LoL

The Malzahar Fiddlesticks synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Fiddlesticks, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Malzahar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Fiddlesticks. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Fiddlesticks helps Malzahar perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Malzahar tries to synergize with Fiddlesticks, he gets a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Fiddlesticks provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with Fiddlesticks on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Fiddlesticks.

Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Fiddlesticks on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage could mean that Fiddlesticks does a poor job of protecting Malzahar in team fights.

Synergies between Malzahar and Fiddlesticks

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Fiddlesticks
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
Fiddlesticks

Is Malzahar better when played alongside Fiddlesticks?

There is no top ally for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his #1 teammate. Yet, Fiddlesticks is a terrible ally for Malzahar. By locking into the same team as Malzahar, he decreases their win rate by -4.0% to 46.5%. This demonstrates that there is a very bad bond between Malzahar and Fiddlesticks that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Fiddlesticks has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means Malzahar players need to be cautious when finding Fiddlesticks allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Malzahar players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by bringing Malzahar and Fiddlesticks together, you will not be providing your side much sustained damage output. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their abilities.

Regardless of your Fiddlesticks ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar Fiddlesticks Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and Fiddlesticks, we analyzed 1,766 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 Malzahar with Fiddlesticks 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.

Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to pair well with Fiddlesticks during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to include in your Malzahar and Fiddlesticks synergy build consist of Malignance, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Fiddlesticks than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 46.5% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Fiddlesticks with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Malzahar players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Malzahar and Fiddlesticks pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.5% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Fiddlesticks with Malzahar are displayed for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.