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Vel'Koz with Malzahar

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How to Synergize Vel'Koz and Malzahar

based on 1,775 Vel'Koz with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Vel'Koz has fought alongside Malzahar in 1775 recently played, competitive matches. By pooling so much complete data straight from the makers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can give you high-quality, usable builds to help Vel'Koz synergize with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Vel'Koz to play with Malzahar as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 2.3% of rounds with Vel'Koz.

Vel'Koz Malzahar Synergy Summary

Vel'Koz does a average job of teaming up with Malzahar. Normally, he wins an acceptable 50.9% of games the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Vel'Koz when fighting on the same team as Malzahar by learning how to better synergize your strategy with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Vel'Koz vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Vel'Koz Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassRabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Vel'Koz to level upq
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Second ability for Vel'Koz to level upw
>
Last skill for Vel'Koz to max oute

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Vel'Koz's passive ability p
Vel'Koz's q ability q
Vel'Koz's w ability w
Vel'Koz's e ability e
Vel'Koz's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Vel'Koz and Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz with Malzahar

Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.

Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.

When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.

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.

Vel'Koz Malzahar Synergy Stats

Vel'Koz Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Malzahar Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.5
6.6
< Deaths >
6.2
9.4
< Assists >
8.9
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.27
61
< Minions Killed >
93
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.45
544
< Physical Damage >
549
18,030
< Magic Damage >
17,983
5,739
< True Damage >
5,897
24,314
< Damage Dealt >
24,431
18,429
< Damage Taken >
18,185
10,287
< Gold Earned >
10,552
1.72
< Towers >
1.73
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,670
< Total Healing >
1,772
11,882
< Experience >
12,574
54
< Vision Score >
45
24
< Wards Placed >
20
198
< Time Dealing CC >
207

How to Play with Malzahar as Vel'Koz in LoL

The Vel'Koz 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, Vel'Koz 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 decrease shows that Malzahar helps Vel'Koz perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Vel'Koz plays on the same team as Malzahar, he gets a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This change could signal that Malzahar doesn't help protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Vel'Koz is played alongside Malzahar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Malzahar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Malzahar.

Additionally, when Vel'Koz plays with Malzahar on the same team, he often receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Vel'Koz in teamfights.

Synergies between Vel'Koz and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Vel'Koz
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Vel'Koz
Malzahar

Is Vel'Koz better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no perfect ally for Vel'Koz that will 100% of the time be his top teammate. Yet, overall, Malzahar is a very typical ally for Vel'Koz. By being on the same team as Vel'Koz, he raises their win rate by 0.6% to 50.9%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Vel'Koz and Malzahar that allows them to perform better together than alone.

Malzahar has a lower difficulty than Vel'Koz. That means you don't need to be careful when enlisting Malzahar allies to play with, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Playing together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Together, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by grouping Vel'Koz and Malzahar together, you will not be providing your team a great deal of sustained damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their kit.

Regardless of the ability of your Malzahar teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Vel'Koz Players

How We Calculated Our Vel'Koz Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Vel'Koz and Malzahar, we analyzed 1,775 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 Vel'Koz 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

To truly master Vel'Koz to work well with Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz and Malzahar synergy build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz incorporated at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Malzahar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 50.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Malzahar with this build.

To have the highest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Malzahar with Vel'Koz are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.