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Malzahar with Vayne

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How to Synergize Malzahar and Vayne

based on 6,727 Malzahar with Vayne pairs
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
5.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Malzahar has been on the same team as Vayne in 6727 recently played, ranked games. By pooling so much complete data directly from the creators of LoL, we are confident that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Malzahar play with Vayne. It is somewhat uncommon for Malzahar to play with Vayne on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in about 5.5% of matches with Malzahar.

Malzahar Vayne Synergy Summary

Malzahar has done a average job of fighting on the same side as Vayne. On average, he wins an acceptable 50.7% of rounds the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Malzahar when playing with Vayne by learning how to better synergize your tactics with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs Vayne 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 ScepterLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

CryptbloomRabadon's DeathcapShadowflameZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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E
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Vayne

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Vayne

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 Vayne Will Play

Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.

Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.

Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.

Malzahar Vayne Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Vayne Image
5.2
< Kills >
5.1
5.5
< Deaths >
5.6
7.3
< Assists >
7.4
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
202
< Minions Killed >
200
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.56
601
< Physical Damage >
609
21,106
< Magic Damage >
21,028
398
< True Damage >
402
22,106
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
18,272
< Damage Taken >
18,526
12,235
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.29
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,542
< Total Healing >
1,568
15,403
< Experience >
15,344
20
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
414
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with Vayne as Malzahar in LoL

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

When Malzahar tries to synergize with Vayne, he gets a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Vayne provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with Vayne on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Vayne. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Vayne.

Moreover, when Malzahar plays with Vayne on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Vayne does a decent job of covering Malzahar in team fights.

Synergies between Malzahar and Vayne

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Vayne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
Vayne

Is Malzahar better when played alongside Vayne?

There is no universally accepted best companion for Malzahar that will always be his best ally. Yet, Vayne is a very typical ally for Malzahar. By locking into the same side as Malzahar, she increases their win rate by 0.2% to 50.7%. This proves that there is a weak bond between Malzahar and Vayne that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Vayne has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means you need to be cautious when lining up Vayne teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to do well with you.

Playing together, Malzahar players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by grouping Malzahar and Vayne together, you may not be granting your other teammates a lot of tankyness. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Vayne ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar Vayne Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and Vayne, we analyzed 6,727 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 Vayne 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

If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to pair well with Vayne during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial finished items to use in your Malzahar and Vayne synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Vayne than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when playing alongside Vayne with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.7% winrate overall.

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