Malzahar with Sett
How to Synergize Malzahar and Sett
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Malzahar Sett Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Sett
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Sett
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 Sett Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sett as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Sett synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sett, 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 Sett. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sett helps Malzahar perform worse in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malzahar plays on the same team as Sett, he sees a little increase in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Sett helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played alongside Sett 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 with Sett.
Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Sett on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Sett does a poor job of covering Malzahar during team fights.
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Sett?
There is no perfect ally for Malzahar that will no matter what be his best teammate. Yet, overall, Sett is a very typical ally for Malzahar. By being on the same team as Malzahar, he improves their win rate by 0.8% to 51.3%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Malzahar and Sett that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Sett has a much lower diffuclty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Sett comrades to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, Malzahar players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Combined, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by bringing Malzahar and Sett together, you may not be giving your side much tankyness. We recommend you bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Sett ally's skill level, 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 anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to work well with Sett during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to use in your Malzahar and Sett synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Sett than with most other common builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when playing alongside Sett with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Sett with Malzahar are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.