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Aurelion Sol vs Malzahar

How to Beat Malzahar as Aurelion Sol in LoLAurelion Sol is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Malzahar as Aurelion Sol

based on 2,762 Aurelion Sol vs Malzahar matchups
Win Rate
54 %
K/D/A
2.98
Pick Rate
4.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League matches every week. In our dataset, Aurelion Sol engaged Malzahar 2762 times. Including so many games with Aurelion Sol versus Malzahar gives us confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening data and a recommended build to suppress your opponent. This particular champion matchup is fairly uncommon. Aurelion Sol has to counter Malzahar in only 4.5% of his matches.

Aurelion Sol vs Malzahar Matchup Summary

Aurelion Sol does a great job of beating Malzahar. Typically, he wins a whopping 54.0% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Aurelion Sol against Malzahar games, Aurelion Sol’s side is 0.0% more probable to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Malzahar.

Best Aurelion Sol vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandAmplifying Tome

Core Aurelion Sol Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRabadon's DeathcapRylai's Crystal Scepter

Optional Items

Void StaffZhonya's HourglassLiandry's TormentShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Aurelion Sol to level upq
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Second ability for Aurelion Sol to level upe
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Last skill for Aurelion Sol to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationMagical FootwearMinion Dematerializer
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Aurelion Sol's passive ability p
Aurelion Sol's q ability q
Aurelion Sol's w ability w
Aurelion Sol's e ability e
Aurelion Sol's ultimate ability r
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Aurelion Sol

Tips for Playing as Aurelion Sol against Malzahar

You can use Comet of Legend's flight to grow Starsurge to massive proportions.

Comet of Legend allows you to move quickly around the map; use it to put pressure on other lanes.

Save Voice of Light to use as a defense against melee opponents if you need to - otherwise, use its slow to start a fight at long range.

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.

Aurelion Sol vs Malzahar Counter Stats

Aurelion Sol Image
Win Rate
54 %
VS
Win Rate
46 %
Malzahar Image
7.2
< Kills >
5.3
5.1
< Deaths >
5.5
8
< Assists >
7
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
1.24
192
< Minions Killed >
203
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.53
265
< Physical Damage >
527
23,148
< Magic Damage >
21,044
785
< True Damage >
401
24,199
< Damage Dealt >
21,973
20,518
< Damage Taken >
19,195
12,769
< Gold Earned >
12,285
1.69
< Towers >
2.2
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
2,705
< Total Healing >
1,728
15,558
< Experience >
15,373
17
< Vision Score >
21
9
< Wards Placed >
10
368
< Time Dealing CC >
407

How to Counter Malzahar with Aurelion Sol in LoL

The stats shown here show some influential Aurelion Sol vs. Malzahar matchup stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Aurelion Sol’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Aurelion Sol may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..

Aurelion Sol normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Aurelion Sol and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Aurelion Sol
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Aurelion Sol
Malzahar

Who is Better, Aurelion Sol or Malzahar?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Aurelion Sol usually wins when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 54.0% win rate. Therefore, Aurelion Sol makes a great counter to Malzahar.

While Aurelion Sol does have a much higher win rate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Aurelion Sol also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Aurelion Sol into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Aurelion Sol has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Aurelion Sol vs Malzahar matchups, Aurelion Sol is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Aurelion Sol is a great counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Aurelion Sol against Malzahar.

Additional Information for Aurelion Sol Players

How We Calculated Our Aurelion Sol vs Malzahar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Malzahar as Aurelion Sol, we analyzed 2,762 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Malzahar as Aurelion Sol comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Aurelion Sol to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Aurelion Sol on average gets a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Aurelion Sol versus Malzahar build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter. When Aurelion Sol combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Malzahar than with many other common builds. In fact, Aurelion Sol had an average winrate of 54.0% when playing against Malzahar with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of defeating Malzahar as Aurelion Sol, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Minion Dematerializer runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Aurelion Sol vs Malzahar matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.0% win rate overall.

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