Malzahar with Zoe
How to Synergize Malzahar and Zoe
based on 355 Malzahar with Zoe pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Zoe Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Zoe
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Zoe
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 Zoe Will Play
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Find a hiding spot to set up for a long distance kill.
Break Sleep with your biggest damage source, since enemies who are asleep take double damage.
Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown. Casting it behind yourself before redirecting can deal tons of damage.
Malzahar Zoe Synergy Stats
How to Play with Zoe as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Zoe synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zoe, 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 Zoe. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Zoe helps Malzahar perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malzahar is paired with Zoe, he sees a moderate decrease in his total damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Zoe does not support by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played together with Zoe 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 Zoe.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Zoe on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Zoe does a decent job of covering Malzahar during teamfights.
Synergies between Malzahar and Zoe
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Zoe?
There is no universally accepted best synergy for Malzahar that will 100% of the time be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Zoe is a terrible companion for Malzahar. By locking into the same team as Malzahar, she drops their win rate by -4.3% to 46.2%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Malzahar and Zoe that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Zoe has a lower difficulty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Zoe comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Malzahar and Zoe together, you will not be providing your other teammates a lot of attack damage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Zoe ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to pair well with Zoe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to build first in your Malzahar and Zoe synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Zoe than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 46.2% when playing alongside Zoe with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Malzahar players 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 rune sets players used for Malzahar and Zoe pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.2% win rate overall.
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