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How to Synergize Warwick and Malzahar

based on 5,718 Warwick with Malzahar pairs
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.01
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each and every week. Warwick has fought alongside Malzahar in 5718 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the makers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Warwick play with Malzahar. It is relatively rare for Warwick to play with Malzahar on the same team. This pairing has only happened in approx. 3.4% of games with Warwick.

Warwick Malzahar Synergy Summary

Warwick has done a average job of playing alongside Malzahar. Usually, he wins an acceptable 49.7% of the time the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to maximize your potential as Warwick when fighting on the same team as Malzahar by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Warwick vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalTiamat

Core Warwick Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageExperimental HexplateTitanic Hydra

Optional Items

TerminusWit's EndJak'Sho, The ProteanDead Man's Plate

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Warwick's passive ability p
Warwick's q ability q
Warwick's w ability w
Warwick's e ability e
Warwick's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
13
Q
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Warwick and Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Warwick with Malzahar

Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.

Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.

Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.

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.

Warwick Malzahar Synergy Stats

Warwick Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Malzahar Image
7.7
< Kills >
7.3
7.2
< Deaths >
6.9
6.8
< Assists >
6.9
1.78
< Killing Sprees >
1.7
49
< Minions Killed >
53
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.39
7,859
< Physical Damage >
7,595
9,175
< Magic Damage >
8,971
868
< True Damage >
824
17,902
< Damage Dealt >
17,391
40,798
< Damage Taken >
39,970
11,758
< Gold Earned >
11,570
1.35
< Towers >
1.37
0.29
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
21,866
< Total Healing >
21,569
13,392
< Experience >
13,215
20
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
6
294
< Time Dealing CC >
288

How to Play with Malzahar as Warwick in LoL

The Warwick 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, Warwick sees a large worsening 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 Warwick perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Warwick is paired with Malzahar, he gets a little increase in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Malzahar supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Warwick is played alongside Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Malzahar.

Additionally, when Warwick plays with Malzahar on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Malzahar does a poor job of protecting Warwick during team fights.

Synergies between Warwick and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Warwick
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Warwick
Malzahar

Is Warwick better when played alongside Malzahar?

There is no perfect synergy for Warwick that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, Malzahar is a very typical teammate for Warwick. By playing on the same side as Warwick, he increases their win rate by 0.4% to 49.7%. This shows that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Warwick and Malzahar that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.

Malzahar has a greater difficulty than Warwick. That means Warwick players must be careful when finding Malzahar teammates to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by bringing Warwick and Malzahar together, you will not be granting your other allies a great deal of cover. Make sure to include other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Malzahar ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Warwick Players

How We Calculated Our Warwick Malzahar Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Warwick and Malzahar, we analyzed 5,718 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 Warwick 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 truly master Warwick in order to pair well with Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to build first in your Warwick and Malzahar synergy build include Sterak's Gage, Experimental Hexplate, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Malzahar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Warwick boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when playing alongside Malzahar with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Warwick and Malzahar pairings, this composite of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Malzahar with Warwick are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu located above.