Corki vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Corki
based on 1,261 Corki vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Corki vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Corki vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Corki
Tips for Playing as Corki against Malzahar
Valkyrie can be used defensively as well, so try using it for a quick escape.
Phosphorus Bomb can be used to reveal enemy units that might be hiding in a nearby patch of brush.
Corki can continue to attack while using Gatling Gun. Maximizing Gatling Gun is key to mastering Corki.
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.
Corki vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Corki in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some influential Corki vs. Malzahar counter stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between this set of champions. Corki’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Corki may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Corki typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Corki and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Corki or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Corki usually wins when playing against Malzahar, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Corki makes a good counter to Malzahar.
While Corki does have a higher win rate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Corki also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Corki into Malzahar.
Additionally, Corki also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Corki vs Malzahar matchups, Corki is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Corki is a decent counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Corki against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Corki in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Corki often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Corki versus Malzahar build consist of Muramana, Malignance, and Spear of Shojin. When Corki combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Malzahar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Corki boasted an average win rate of 51.3% when countering Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Malzahar as Corki, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Corki vs Malzahar face-offs, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malzahar as Corki are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.