Wukong with Malzahar
How to Synergize Wukong and Malzahar
based on 1,239 Wukong with Malzahar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Wukong Malzahar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Wukong and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Wukong with Malzahar
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
Advice to Understand How Malzahar Will Play
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.
Wukong Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Wukong in LoL
The Wukong Malzahar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malzahar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Wukong sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Malzahar helps Wukong perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Wukong plays on the same team as Malzahar, he observes a little decrease in his full damage output. This change could indicate that Malzahar does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Wukong is played alongside Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Malzahar.
Additionally, when Wukong plays with Malzahar on the same team, he usually receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Wukong in team fights.
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Is Wukong better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no top synergy for Wukong that will always be his ideal teammate. Yet, Malzahar is a good ally for Wukong. By locking into the same team as Wukong, he increases their win rate by 1.4% to 50.8%. This proves that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Wukong and Malzahar that allows them to perform better together than alone.
Malzahar has a greater difficulty than Wukong. That means Wukong players should be careful when finding Malzahar teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to support your allies. Combined, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by grouping Wukong and Malzahar together, you will not be providing your side much protection for burst damage. Plan to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their capabilities.
Regardless of the ability of your Malzahar ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Wukong in order to work well with Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to gather additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to prioritize in your Wukong and Malzahar synergy build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Wukong incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Malzahar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Wukong had an average winrate of 50.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malzahar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Wukong players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Wukong and Malzahar pairings, this order of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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