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How to Synergize Vex with Malzahar on the Same TeamVex is in the b tier of champions

Vex with Malzahar

How to Win With Vex and Malzahar Paired TogetherVex is in the a tier of champions
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How to Synergize Vex and Malzahar

based on 270 Vex with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.04
Pick Rate
0.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Vex has fought alongside Malzahar in 270 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much relevant data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high-quality, insightful builds to help Vex synergize with Malzahar. It is very rare for Vex to play alongside Malzahar as allies. This has only taken place in about 0.4% of rounds with Vex.

Vex Malzahar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Vex has done a poor job of teaming up with Malzahar. Normally, they wins a poor 48.1% of matches the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to play better as Vex when playing alongside Malzahar by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Vex vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Vex Items

~22 Mins
ShadowflameStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zaz'Zak's Realmspike

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionUltimate Hunter
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Vex's passive ability p
Vex's q ability q
Vex's w ability w
Vex's e ability e
Vex's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Vex 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.

Vex Malzahar Synergy Stats

Vex Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Malzahar Image
6.2
< Kills >
7.2
6.8
< Deaths >
6.3
7.7
< Assists >
7.5
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.67
122
< Minions Killed >
159
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,176
< Physical Damage >
1,380
19,773
< Magic Damage >
21,838
813
< True Damage >
876
21,762
< Damage Dealt >
24,094
19,380
< Damage Taken >
19,398
10,707
< Gold Earned >
11,446
1.71
< Towers >
1.81
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
2,068
< Total Healing >
2,165
12,937
< Experience >
14,188
28
< Vision Score >
19
13
< Wards Placed >
9
484
< Time Dealing CC >
554

How to Play with Malzahar as Vex in LoL

The Vex 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, Vex sees a very large drop in their 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 Vex perform worse in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Vex is paired with Malzahar, they observes a noticable drop in their total damage dealt. This may indicate that Malzahar does not support by providing protection for them to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Vex is played alongside Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing with Malzahar.

Moreover, when Vex plays with Malzahar on the same side, they typically takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Malzahar does a decent job of covering Vex during team fights.

Synergies between Vex and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Vex
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Vex
Malzahar

Is Vex better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Vex that will no matter what be their #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Malzahar is a very typical ally for Vex. By locking into the same side as Vex, he lowers their win rate by -0.7% to 48.1%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Vex and Malzahar that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Malzahar has a much greater difficulty compared to Vex. That means you should be careful when arranging Malzahar allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing on the same side, Vex players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. Together, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.

Conversely, by aligning Vex and Malzahar together, you will not be granting your other allies enough sustained damage output. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

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 Vex Players

How We Calculated Our Vex Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Vex and Malzahar, we analyzed 270 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 Vex 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 Vex to pair well with Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to use in your Vex and Malzahar synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vex used at least these three finished items in their build, they performed much better when fighting alongside Malzahar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vex boasted an average winrate of 48.1% when synergizing their build and playstyle to Malzahar with these items in their kit.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Vex players should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players used for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.1% win rate overall.

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