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Malzahar with Senna

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How to Synergize Malzahar and Senna

based on 9,160 Malzahar with Senna pairs
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
2.25
Pick Rate
7.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Malzahar has gone into battle with Senna in 9160 recently played, ranked matches. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the developers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Malzahar play with Senna. It is common for Malzahar to play alongside Senna as allies. This has happened in approx. 7.5% of games with Malzahar.

Malzahar Senna Synergy Summary

Malzahar has done a ok job of playing alongside Senna. Usually, he wins an acceptable 50.9% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Malzahar when playing with Senna by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs Senna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Fiendish CodexLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRylai's Crystal ScepterMalignance

Optional Items

ShadowflameRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassCryptbloom

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionPresence of MindCoup de Grace
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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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Senna

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Senna

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.

Malzahar Senna Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Senna Image
5
< Kills >
5.1
5.5
< Deaths >
5.6
7.4
< Assists >
7.4
1.16
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
202
< Minions Killed >
200
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.56
582
< Physical Damage >
609
20,596
< Magic Damage >
21,028
371
< True Damage >
402
21,550
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
18,562
< Damage Taken >
18,526
12,150
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.32
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,503
< Total Healing >
1,568
15,319
< Experience >
15,344
19
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
413
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with Senna as Malzahar in LoL

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

When Malzahar is an ally to Senna, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Senna doesn't help protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with Senna on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Senna. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Senna.

Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Senna on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Senna does a poor job of protecting Malzahar during team fights.

Synergies between Malzahar and Senna

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Senna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
Senna

Is Malzahar better when played alongside Senna?

There is no one best ally for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Senna is a very typical ally for Malzahar. By playing on the same team as Malzahar, she improves their win rate by 0.4% to 50.9%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Malzahar and Senna that allows them to perform better together than without each other.

Senna has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means Malzahar players need to be cautious when arranging Senna allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, Malzahar players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by aligning Malzahar and Senna together, you will not be granting your side enough engage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Senna ally, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar Senna Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and Senna, we analyzed 9,160 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 Senna 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 truly master Malzahar in order to work well with Senna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to have in your Malzahar and Senna synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Malignance. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Senna than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 50.9% helping carry Senna with this build.

To have the highest probability of beating your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Senna with Malzahar are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.