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Malzahar with Rengar

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How to Synergize Malzahar and Rengar

based on 4,154 Malzahar with Rengar pairs
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the results of from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Malzahar has gone into battle with Rengar in 4154 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much great data from the creators of LoL, we feel confident that we can showcase robust, insightful builds to help Malzahar play with Rengar. It is relatively rare for Malzahar to play alongside Rengar on the same side. This has only occurred in about 3.4% of games with Malzahar.

Malzahar Rengar Synergy Summary

Malzahar does a ok job of fighting on the same side as Rengar. On average, he wins an acceptable 49.7% of matches the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Malzahar when playing alongside Rengar by figuring out how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Sapphire CrystalRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeFiendish Codex

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameRylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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 Rengar

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Rengar

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 Rengar Will Play

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

Malzahar Rengar Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Rengar Image
4.9
< Kills >
5.1
5.5
< Deaths >
5.6
7.5
< Assists >
7.4
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
201
< Minions Killed >
200
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.56
597
< Physical Damage >
609
20,963
< Magic Damage >
21,028
398
< True Damage >
402
21,958
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
18,322
< Damage Taken >
18,526
12,068
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.25
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,496
< Total Healing >
1,568
15,365
< Experience >
15,344
20
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
415
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with Rengar as Malzahar in LoL

The Malzahar Rengar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Rengar, 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 Rengar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Rengar helps Malzahar perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Malzahar is an ally to Rengar, he sees a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Rengar doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with Rengar on the same side, 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 Rengar.

Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Rengar on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Rengar does a decent job of protecting Malzahar in team fights.

Synergies between Malzahar and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
Rengar

Is Malzahar better when played alongside Rengar?

There is no ideal ally for Malzahar that will always be his best ally. Yet, Rengar is a very typical ally for Malzahar. By playing on the same side as Malzahar, he lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 49.7%. This signals that there is only a small bond between Malzahar and Rengar that results in them performing not as well together than alone.

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

Working alongside, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

In contrast, by aligning Malzahar and Rengar together, you probably will not be giving your team much cover. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that fills this hole in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Rengar teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar Rengar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and Rengar, we analyzed 4,154 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 Rengar 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to pair well with Rengar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The best items to build first in your Malzahar and Rengar synergy build include Malignance, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar included at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Rengar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Rengar with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% winrate overall.

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