Xin Zhao with Malzahar
How to Synergize Xin Zhao and Malzahar
based on 3,937 Xin Zhao with Malzahar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xin Zhao Malzahar Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Xin Zhao and Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Xin Zhao with Malzahar
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
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.
Xin Zhao Malzahar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malzahar as Xin Zhao in LoL
The Xin Zhao 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, Xin Zhao sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Malzahar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malzahar helps Xin Zhao perform poorer in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xin Zhao is paired with Malzahar, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Malzahar supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xin Zhao is played with Malzahar on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Malzahar. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Malzahar.
Additionally, when Xin Zhao plays with Malzahar on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Malzahar does a poor job of covering Xin Zhao in teamfights.
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Is Xin Zhao better when played alongside Malzahar?
There is no perfect companion for Xin Zhao that will always be his best teammate. However, overall, Malzahar is a pretty good companion for Xin Zhao. By playing on the same side as Xin Zhao, he improves their win rate by 1.3% to 52.2%. This proves that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Xin Zhao and Malzahar that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Malzahar has a much greater difficulty compared to Xin Zhao. That means you must be cautious when arranging Malzahar teammates to play with, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working together, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Xin Zhao and Malzahar together, you will not be giving your side very much engage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Malzahar ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Xin Zhao in order to pair well with Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal finished items to have in your Xin Zhao and Malzahar synergy build include Trinity Force, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Xin Zhao used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Malzahar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xin Zhao boasted an average winrate of 52.2% helping carry Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, Xin Zhao players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.2% win rate overall.
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