How to win lane as Syndra against Malzahar · 53.93% win rate over 5,223 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Syndra | Level 1 favours you because Malzahar has no early damage and cannot contest your poke. |
| Level 2 | Syndra | Level 2 stays yours as your QE trades chunk him while he only pushes. |
| Level 3 | Syndra | Level 3 favours you: his silence is slow and telegraphed, so you punish every whiff. |
| Levels 4-5 | Syndra | Levels 4-5 are yours since you out-range his short combo and deny his farm. |
| Level 6 | Syndra | Level 6 favours you because you poke from outside his suppress range and force Zhonya's. |
| First item | Syndra | At first item your burst outpaces his DoT scaling and you own the roam map. |
| Two+ items | Syndra | With 2+ items you one-shot him from distance before his suppress chain can land. |
You win levels 1-2 hard: Malzahar has zero kill pressure and just wants to push, so poke him with QE off the wave, sidestep his slow Q silence, and deny CS under tower.
The full Syndra vs Malzahar report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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