Malzahar with Wukong
How to Synergize Malzahar and Wukong
based on 1,239 Malzahar with Wukong pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Wukong Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Wukong Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Wukong
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Wukong
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 Wukong Will Play
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
Malzahar Wukong Synergy Stats
How to Play with Wukong as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Wukong synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Wukong, 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 Wukong. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Wukong helps Malzahar perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malzahar tries to synergize with Wukong, he sees a barely noticable drop in his total damage output. This difference could indicate that Wukong does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played alongside Wukong on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Wukong. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Wukong.
Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Wukong on the same team, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Wukong does a decent job of protecting Malzahar during team fights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Wukong
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Wukong?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, overall, Wukong is a very typical ally for Malzahar. By playing on the same side as Malzahar, he raises their win rate by 0.3% to 50.8%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Malzahar and Wukong that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Wukong has a much lower diffuclty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Wukong allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Malzahar players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. When paired, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Conversely, by grouping Malzahar and Wukong together, you probably will not be granting your other allies a great deal of engage potential. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Wukong ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to pair well with Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to prioritize in your Malzahar and Wukong synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Wukong than with many other common builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 50.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Wukong with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Malzahar players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Wukong with Malzahar are displayed for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.