Malzahar with Rek'Sai
How to Synergize Malzahar and Rek'Sai
based on 543 Malzahar with Rek'Sai pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Rek'Sai Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Rek'Sai
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai Will Play
Keeping tunnels spread out across the map will ensure you have choices when you want to cast Void Rush.
Cast Burrow before travelling around the map to take advantage of the increased Move Speed and the safety provided by Tremor Sense.
Tremor Sense can warn you of enemies closing in, and is particularly useful when entering enemy territory.
Malzahar Rek'Sai Synergy Stats
How to Play with Rek'Sai as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Rek'Sai synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rek'Sai, 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 Rek'Sai. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rek'Sai helps Malzahar perform worse in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar plays on the same team as Rek'Sai, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Rek'Sai provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with Rek'Sai on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Rek'Sai. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Rek'Sai.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Rek'Sai on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Rek'Sai does a decent job of protecting Malzahar during team fights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Rek'Sai
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Rek'Sai?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Rek'Sai is a very bad ally for Malzahar. By being on the same team as Malzahar, he lowers their win rate by -5.2% to 45.3%. This demonstrates that there is a very bad bond between Malzahar and Rek'Sai that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Rek'Sai has a much lower diffuclty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Rek'Sai allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Conversely, by grouping Malzahar and Rek'Sai together, you probably will not be granting your side much protection for burst damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that nullifies this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Rek'Sai teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to work well with Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to build first in your Malzahar and Rek'Sai synergy build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Rek'Sai than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 45.3% when playing alongside Rek'Sai with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating 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 runes we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 45.3% win rate overall.
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