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Senna with Malzahar

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How to Synergize Senna and Malzahar

based on 9,160 Senna with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
3.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers take in the results of from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each and every week. Senna has been on the same team as Malzahar in 9160 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the makers of LoL, we are sure that we can give you high-quality, accurate builds to help Senna play with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Senna to play with Malzahar as teammates. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 3.2% of matches with Senna.

Senna Malzahar Synergy Summary

Senna does a ok job of teaming up with Malzahar. Normally, she wins an acceptable 50.9% of rounds the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to do better as Senna when playing alongside Malzahar by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then look into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Senna vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Boots of SwiftnessSerrated Dirk

Core Senna Items

~22 Mins
Youmuu's GhostbladeEdge of NightThe Collector

Optional Items

HubrisSerylda's GrudgeInfinity EdgeLord Dominik's Regards

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Senna to level upq
>
Second ability for Senna to level upw
>
Last skill for Senna to max oute

Runes

PrecisionFleet FootworkPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityCut Down
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth
Senna's passive ability p
Senna's q ability q
Senna's w ability w
Senna's e ability e
Senna's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Senna 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.

Senna Malzahar Synergy Stats

Senna Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Malzahar Image
5
< Kills >
4.8
6.5
< Deaths >
6.3
11.4
< Assists >
11.8
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
62
< Minions Killed >
63
0.13
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.55
17,891
< Physical Damage >
17,578
313
< Magic Damage >
308
523
< True Damage >
517
18,729
< Damage Dealt >
18,405
19,463
< Damage Taken >
19,071
10,744
< Gold Earned >
10,649
2.31
< Towers >
2.35
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
9,652
< Total Healing >
9,802
11,783
< Experience >
11,614
49
< Vision Score >
49
20
< Wards Placed >
20
212
< Time Dealing CC >
212

How to Play with Malzahar as Senna in LoL

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

Overall, Senna sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malzahar helps Senna perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Senna is paired with Malzahar, she observes a marginal improvement in her total damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Malzahar provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Senna is played alongside Malzahar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Malzahar.

Additionally, when Senna plays with Malzahar on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may mean that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Senna during team fights.

Synergies between Senna and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Senna
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Senna
Malzahar

Is Senna better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no top ally for Senna that will no matter what be her top synergy. Yet, Malzahar is a very typical companion for Senna. By playing on the same side as Senna, he increases their win rate by 0.1% to 50.9%. This signals that there is a weak synergy between Senna and Malzahar that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.

Malzahar has a lower difficulty than Senna. That means Senna players don't need to be careful when finding Malzahar allies to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Working cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by bringing Senna and Malzahar together, you may not be granting your other teammates a lot of tankyness. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Malzahar ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Senna Players

How We Calculated Our Senna Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Senna and Malzahar, we analyzed 9,160 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 Senna 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 learn all of the intricacies of Senna in order to pair well with Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to prioritize in your Senna and Malzahar synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and The Collector. When Senna incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she did significantly better when paired up with Malzahar than with most other common builds. In fact, Senna boasted an average win rate of 50.9% helping carry Malzahar with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of crushing your oponents, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for this team composition, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.

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