Viktor with Malzahar
How to Synergize Viktor and Malzahar
based on 176 Viktor with Malzahar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Viktor Malzahar Synergy Summary
Best Viktor vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Viktor and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Viktor with Malzahar
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Viktor in LoL
The Viktor 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, Viktor 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 Viktor perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Viktor plays on the same team as Malzahar, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This could signal that Malzahar doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Viktor is played together with Malzahar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Malzahar.
Additionally, when Viktor plays with Malzahar on the same team, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Malzahar does a decent job of protecting Viktor during team fights.
Synergies between Viktor and Malzahar
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Is Viktor better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no top companion for Viktor that will no matter what be his top ally. However, Malzahar is a not very good ally for Viktor. By locking into the same side as Viktor, he drops their win rate by -3.0% to 47.2%. This proves that there is a bad strategic relationship between Viktor and Malzahar that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Malzahar has a much lower diffuclty than Viktor. That means Viktor players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Malzahar allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
Working alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Viktor and Malzahar together, you probably will not be providing your team a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Malzahar ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Viktor to synergize with Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to use in your Viktor and Malzahar synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Viktor had an average winrate of 47.2% helping carry Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating your oponents, Viktor players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Viktor and Malzahar pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.
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