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How to Synergize Malzahar with Veigar on the Same TeamMalzahar is in the a tier of champions

Malzahar with Veigar

How to Win With Malzahar and Veigar Paired TogetherMalzahar is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Malzahar and Veigar

based on 1,090 Malzahar with Veigar pairs
Win Rate
47.3 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Malzahar has gone into battle with Veigar in 1090 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much great data from the creators of LoL, we are totally sure that we can showcase robust, usable builds to help Malzahar play with Veigar. It is very rare for Malzahar to play with Veigar on the same team. This has only taken place in about 0.9% of matches with Malzahar.

Malzahar Veigar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Malzahar does a poor job of fighting on the same side as Veigar. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.3% of the time the champs play on the same team. If you want to do better as Malzahar when fighting on the same team as Veigar by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Malzahar vs Veigar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Void StaffRylai's Crystal ScepterLuden's CompanionZhonya'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
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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 Veigar

Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Veigar

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 Veigar Will Play

Veigar is extremely Mana and Cooldown Reduction dependent. Try buying items with these stats in order to increase the effectiveness of your passive and Baleful Strike.

Veigar is very fragile. It is valuable to select at least one summoner spell that can be used defensively.

Use Event Horizon to increase your chances of landing Dark Matter.

Malzahar Veigar Synergy Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
47.3 %
VS
Win Rate
52.7 %
Veigar Image
4.6
< Kills >
5.1
5.8
< Deaths >
5.6
7.2
< Assists >
7.4
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
1.19
190
< Minions Killed >
200
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.55
< Inhibitors >
0.56
624
< Physical Damage >
609
20,063
< Magic Damage >
21,028
478
< True Damage >
402
21,165
< Damage Dealt >
22,039
19,015
< Damage Taken >
18,526
11,939
< Gold Earned >
12,183
2.23
< Towers >
2.3
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
1,734
< Total Healing >
1,568
15,128
< Experience >
15,344
21
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
409
< Time Dealing CC >
412

How to Play with Veigar as Malzahar in LoL

The Malzahar Veigar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Veigar, 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 Veigar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Veigar helps Malzahar perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.

When Malzahar plays on the same team as Veigar, he observes a barely noticable drop in his complete damage dealt. This change could indicate that Veigar does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played together with Veigar on the same team, 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 Veigar.

Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Veigar on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Veigar does a poor job of protecting Malzahar in team fights.

Synergies between Malzahar and Veigar

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Veigar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Malzahar
Veigar

Is Malzahar better when played alongside Veigar?

There is no perfect synergy for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. However, overall, Veigar is a very bad companion for Malzahar. By locking into the same team as Malzahar, he drops their win rate by -3.2% to 47.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a terrible bond between Malzahar and Veigar that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Veigar has a greater difficulty than Malzahar. That means you must be cautious when finding Veigar teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

Playing cooperatively, Malzahar players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by aligning Malzahar and Veigar together, you may not be granting your side very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's kit.

Regardless of your Veigar ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar Veigar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Malzahar and Veigar, we analyzed 1,090 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 Veigar 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 to work well with Veigar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to get in your Malzahar and Veigar synergy build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Veigar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 47.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Veigar with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of annihilating 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. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.3% winrate overall.

If you want to get Malzahar with Veigar synergy tips and builds for a a specific rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and strategies displayed are computed using all matches completed with both champs.