Malzahar with Illaoi
How to Synergize Malzahar and Illaoi
based on 2,373 Malzahar with Illaoi pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Illaoi Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Illaoi
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Illaoi
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.
Advice to Understand How Illaoi Will Play
Vessel
Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.
Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a
is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.
Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.
Malzahar Illaoi Synergy Stats
How to Play with Illaoi as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Illaoi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Illaoi, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Illaoi. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Illaoi helps Malzahar perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar tries to synergize with Illaoi, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This change could demonstrate that Illaoi does not provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with Illaoi on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Illaoi.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Illaoi on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Illaoi does a decent job of protecting Malzahar in teamfights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Illaoi
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Illaoi?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his ideal teammate. Yet, Illaoi is a very typical teammate for Malzahar. By being on the same side as Malzahar, she decreases their win rate by -0.8% to 49.7%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Malzahar and Illaoi that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Illaoi has a lower difficulty than Malzahar. That means Malzahar players don't need to be cautious when lining up Illaoi allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a lower level of skill to do well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Malzahar and Illaoi together, you probably will not be granting your team much tankyness. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Illaoi ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to pair well with Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important finished items to focus on in your Malzahar and Illaoi synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Illaoi than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 49.7% helping carry Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Malzahar and Illaoi pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.
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