Bard vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Bard
based on 3,129 Bard vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Malzahar
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Bard versus Malzahar counter stats that can help you grasp the differences between this pair of champs. Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Bard typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Bard or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Bard usually fairs equally well when taking on Malzahar, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Bard makes an ok counter to Malzahar.
While Bard does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Bard also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Bard into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often 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 Bard vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Bard is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Bard against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Bard versus Malzahar build include Kaenic Rookern, Bloodsong, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Malzahar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 49.5% battling Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Malzahar as Bard, Bard players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Bard vs Malzahar clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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