Malzahar with Vex
How to Synergize Malzahar and Vex
based on 270 Malzahar with Vex pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Malzahar Vex Synergy Summary
Best Malzahar vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Malzahar and Vex
Tips for Playing as Malzahar with Vex
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.
Malzahar Vex Synergy Stats
How to Play with Vex as Malzahar in LoL
The Malzahar Vex synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vex, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Malzahar sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Vex. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Vex helps Malzahar perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Malzahar is an ally to Vex, he observes a noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Vex does not help protection for him to dish out more damage or that their allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Malzahar is played with Vex on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Vex. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Vex.
Additionally, when Malzahar plays with Vex on the same side, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Vex does a decent job of covering Malzahar during teamfights.
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Is Malzahar better when played alongside Vex?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Malzahar that will always be his #1 ally. However, overall, Vex is a relatively poor companion for Malzahar. By playing on the same team as Malzahar, they lowers their win rate by -2.4% to 48.1%. This shows that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Malzahar and Vex that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Vex has a much lower diffuclty than Malzahar. That means you don't need to be cautious when lining up Vex comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, Malzahar players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by aligning Malzahar and Vex together, you may not be giving your side very much anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Vex ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should 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 Malzahar to synergize with Vex during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League games, you should keep reading to learn additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to have in your Malzahar and Vex synergy build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Vex than with most other common builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 48.1% when playing alongside Vex with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Malzahar players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.1% winrate overall.
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