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How to Synergize Malzahar with Janna on the Same TeamMalzahar is in the a tier of champions

Malzahar with Janna

How to Win With Malzahar and Janna Paired TogetherMalzahar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Synergize Malzahar and Janna

based on 2,667 Malzahar with Janna pairs
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
2.28
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Malzahar has fought alongside Janna in 2667 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much relevant data from the creators of LoL, we are confident that we can provide you with high quality, insightful builds to help Malzahar play with Janna. It is relatively rare for Malzahar to play alongside Janna on the same team. This has only happened in about 2.2% of rounds with Malzahar.

Malzahar Janna Synergy Summary

Malzahar has done a average job of fighting on the same side as Janna. Typically, he wins an acceptable 49.9% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Malzahar when fighting on the same team as Janna by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs Janna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceCryptbloomLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameZhonya's HourglassRylai's Crystal Scepter

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
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Janna

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Janna

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 Janna Will Play

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.

Malzahar Janna Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Janna Image
5.1
< Kills >
5.1
5.3
< Deaths >
5.6
7
< Assists >
7.4
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
205
< Minions Killed >
200
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.56
614
< Physical Damage >
609
21,318
< Magic Damage >
21,028
358
< True Damage >
402
22,291
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
18,035
< Damage Taken >
18,526
12,082
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.26
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,512
< Total Healing >
1,568
15,168
< Experience >
15,344
19
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
421
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with Janna as Malzahar in LoL

The Malzahar Janna synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Janna, 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 Janna. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Janna helps Malzahar perform poorer in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Malzahar plays on the same team as Janna, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may signal that Janna helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played together with Janna on the same team, 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 with Janna.

Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Janna on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Janna does a decent job of protecting Malzahar in teamfights.

Synergies between Malzahar and Janna

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Janna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
Janna

Is Malzahar better when played alongside Janna?

There is no perfect companion for Malzahar that will no matter what be his top ally. However, overall, Janna is a very typical ally for Malzahar. By locking into the same side as Malzahar, she drops their win rate by -0.6% to 49.9%. This shows that there is a weak synergy between Malzahar and Janna that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

Janna has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means you need to be careful when lining up Janna comrades to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to work well with you.

When playing cooperatively, Malzahar players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by aligning Malzahar and Janna together, you may not be giving your team a great deal of sustained damage output. Plan to pick other champions on your team that offsets this gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Janna ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar Janna Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and Janna, 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 Malzahar with Janna 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 Malzahar in order to work well with Janna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to prioritize in your Malzahar and Janna synergy build include Malignance, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Janna than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing alongside Janna with this build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.

If you need to view Malzahar and Janna collaboration tips and stats for a a distinct division rank, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using every game played with these champions.