Aatrox vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Aatrox
based on 5,546 Aatrox vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Aatrox vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Aatrox vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Aatrox
Tips for Playing as Aatrox against Malzahar
Cast World Ender when you are sure you can force a fight.
Use Umbral Dash while casting The Darkin Blade to increase your chances of hitting the enemy.
Crowd Control abilities like Infernal Chains or your allies' immobilizing effects will help you set up The Darkin Blade.
Advice to Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Aatrox vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Aatrox in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some important Aatrox versus Malzahar matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Aatrox’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Aatrox may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Aatrox normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Aatrox and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Aatrox or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Aatrox usually fairs equally well when playing against Malzahar, with a 49.2% win rate. Therefore, Aatrox makes an ok counter to Malzahar.
While Aatrox does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Aatrox also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Aatrox into Malzahar.
Moreover, Aatrox also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Aatrox vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Aatrox is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Aatrox against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Aatrox to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Aatrox on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Aatrox versus Malzahar build include Sterak's Gage, Black Cleaver, and Sundered Sky. When Aatrox bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better countering Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Aatrox had an average winrate of 49.2% when playing against Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Malzahar as Aatrox, Aatrox players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Aatrox vs Malzahar counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.2% winrate overall.
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