Malzahar with Soraka
How to Synergize Malzahar and Soraka
based on 2,743 Malzahar with Soraka pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Soraka Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Soraka
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Soraka
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 Soraka Will Play
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Malzahar Soraka Synergy Stats
How to Play with Soraka as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, 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 Soraka. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Soraka helps Malzahar perform worse in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malzahar plays on the same team as Soraka, he gets a little increase in his complete damage output. This may demonstrate that Soraka provides cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with Soraka on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Soraka.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Soraka on the same side, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Soraka does a poor job of protecting Malzahar in teamfights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Soraka
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Soraka?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Malzahar that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Soraka is a below average ally for Malzahar. By being on the same team as Malzahar, she decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 48.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative synergy between Malzahar and Soraka that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Soraka allies to play with, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by bringing Malzahar and Soraka together, you will not be giving your side very much AD. We recommend you include other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Soraka teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Malzahar to pair well with Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to focus on in your Malzahar and Soraka synergy build consist of Malignance, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Soraka than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when playing alongside Soraka with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Soraka with Malzahar are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.