Malzahar with Yorick
How to Synergize Malzahar and Yorick
based on 3,051 Malzahar with Yorick pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Yorick Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Yorick
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Yorick
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 Yorick Will Play
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
Malzahar Yorick Synergy Stats
How to Play with Yorick as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Yorick synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Yorick, 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 Yorick. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Yorick helps Malzahar perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Malzahar plays on the same team as Yorick, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Yorick does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played alongside Yorick on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Yorick.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Yorick on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Yorick does a decent job of covering Malzahar in teamfights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Yorick
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Yorick?
There is no top companion for Malzahar that will no matter what be his #1 synergy. However, overall, Yorick is a very typical teammate for Malzahar. By locking into the same team as Malzahar, he increases their win rate by 0.5% to 51.0%. This proves that there is only a small bond between Malzahar and Yorick that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Yorick has a lower difficulty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Yorick allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, Malzahar players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by aligning Malzahar and Yorick together, you will not be giving your other allies much attack damage. Make sure to have other champions on your team that nullifies this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Yorick ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, 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 to work well with Yorick during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to have in your Malzahar and Yorick synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Yorick than with many other common builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 51.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Yorick with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Malzahar players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Malzahar and Yorick pairings, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.0% winrate overall.
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