Alistar vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Alistar
based on 1,870 Alistar vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Alistar vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Alistar vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Alistar
Tips for Playing as Alistar against Malzahar
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
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.
Alistar vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Alistar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several significant Alistar against Malzahar counter stats that may help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Alistar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Alistar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Alistar typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Alistar and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Alistar or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Alistar usually fairs equally well when taking on Malzahar, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Alistar makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Alistar does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Alistar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Alistar into Malzaharas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Alistar has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Alistar vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Alistar is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Alistar against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Alistar in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Alistar most often gets a lot less CS as Malzahar. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Alistar versus Malzahar build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Thornmail, and Solstice Sleigh. When Alistar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Malzahar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Alistar had an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Malzahar as Alistar, Alistar players should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Alistar vs Malzahar battles, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% win rate overall.
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