Diana vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Diana
based on 5,246 Diana vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Malzahar
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
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.
Diana vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Diana in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some valuable Diana versus Malzahar matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between these two champions. Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Diana often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Diana or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually wins when facing off against Malzahar, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes a good counter to Malzahar.
While Diana does have a higher win rate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Diana also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Diana also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Malzahar matchups, Diana is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Diana is a decent counter to Malzahar. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Diana against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Diana in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana typically gets less CS as Malzahar. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Diana versus Malzahar build include Void Staff, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Diana included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better countering Malzahar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Diana boasted an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Malzahar as Diana, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Diana vs Malzahar counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.
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