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Nilah with Malzahar

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How to Synergize Nilah and Malzahar

based on 1,879 Nilah with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the stats from from millions of League of Legends games directly from Riot Games each week. Nilah has been on the same team as Malzahar in 1879 recently played, ranked matches. By pooling so much great data directly from the developers of LoL, we are completely sure that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Nilah synergize with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Nilah to play with Malzahar on the same side. This has only happened in approx. 3.1% of rounds with Nilah.

Nilah Malzahar Synergy Summary

Nilah does a good job of fighting on the same side as Malzahar. On average, they wins a terrific 52.0% of games the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Nilah when playing alongside Malzahar by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nilah vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeSerrated Dirk

Core Nilah Items

~22 Mins
BloodthirsterImmortal ShieldbowNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsInfinity EdgeThe CollectorStormrazor

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: BloodlineLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nilah's passive ability p
Nilah's q ability q
Nilah's w ability w
Nilah's e ability e
Nilah's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Nilah and Malzahar

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.

Nilah Malzahar Synergy Stats

Nilah Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
Malzahar Image
8.3
< Kills >
7.8
6.9
< Deaths >
6.7
5.8
< Assists >
6.1
1.89
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
169
< Minions Killed >
169
0.18
< Dragons Killed >
0.18
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.55
19,212
< Physical Damage >
18,142
169
< Magic Damage >
174
445
< True Damage >
412
19,827
< Damage Dealt >
18,728
25,144
< Damage Taken >
24,186
12,928
< Gold Earned >
12,632
2.57
< Towers >
2.59
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
9,092
< Total Healing >
8,612
13,554
< Experience >
13,231
17
< Vision Score >
17
9
< Wards Placed >
8
89
< Time Dealing CC >
87

How to Play with Malzahar as Nilah in LoL

The Nilah Malzahar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malzahar, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Nilah sees a very large drop in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Malzahar helps Nilah perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nilah is paired with Malzahar, they sees a marginal improvement in their full damage dealt. This change could signal that Malzahar helps provide cover for them to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nilah is played alongside Malzahar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Malzahar.

Additionally, when Nilah plays with Malzahar on the same side, they on average takes a little more damage than when they fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Nilah in teamfights.

Synergies between Nilah and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Nilah
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nilah
Malzahar

Is Nilah better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no perfect ally for Nilah that will no matter what be their ideal teammate. However, overall, Malzahar is a very typical teammate for Nilah. By playing on the same team as Nilah, he decreases their win rate by -0.1% to 52.0%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Nilah and Malzahar that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Malzahar has a much lower diffuclty than Nilah. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Malzahar teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, Nilah players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by grouping Nilah and Malzahar together, you will not be providing your side very much protection for burst damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that neutralizes this disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Malzahar ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nilah Players

How We Calculated Our Nilah Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nilah and Malzahar, we analyzed 1,879 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 Nilah with Malzahar 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 Nilah in order to work well with Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to use in your Nilah and Malzahar synergy build consist of Bloodthirster, Immortal Shieldbow, and Navori Quickblades. When Nilah used at least these three finished items in their build, they did a lot better when paired up with Malzahar than with many other common builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when playing alongside Malzahar with these items in their kit.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.

If you need to view Nilah and Malzahar synergy tips and stats for a a specific player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and strategies displayed are computed using all games finished with these champs.