Olaf with Malzahar
How to Synergize Olaf and Malzahar
based on 1,102 Olaf with Malzahar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Olaf Malzahar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Olaf and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Olaf with Malzahar
Olaf can combine Berserker Rage, Vicious Strikes, and Ragnarok at low life to become deceptively strong.
The bonus healing granted by Vicious Strikes amplifies your Life Steal from all sources as well as heals from allies.
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.
Olaf Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Olaf in LoL
The Olaf 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, Olaf 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 drop shows that Malzahar helps Olaf perform not as well in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Olaf tries to synergize with Malzahar, he gets a little drop in his total damage output. This could demonstrate that Malzahar does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Olaf is played with Malzahar 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 with Malzahar.
Additionally, when Olaf plays with Malzahar on the same side, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Olaf during team fights.
Synergies between Olaf and Malzahar
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Is Olaf better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Olaf that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. However, overall, Malzahar is a very typical companion for Olaf. By locking into the same side as Olaf, he has no effect on their win rate by 0.0% to 49.0%. This shows that there is only a small synergy between Olaf and Malzahar that results in them performing at the same level together than without each other.
Malzahar has a greater difficulty than Olaf. That means Olaf players must be cautious when enlisting Malzahar teammates to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to work 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. When paired, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by aligning Olaf and Malzahar together, you will not be giving your other teammates much cover. We recommend you have other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their potential.
Regardless of your Malzahar ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Olaf in order to work well with Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to master additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to focus on in your Olaf and Malzahar synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Ravenous Hydra, and Death's Dance. When Olaf combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Malzahar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Olaf boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malzahar with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Olaf players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Olaf and Malzahar pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
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