Draven vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Draven
based on 3,723 Draven vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Malzahar
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Draven vs. Malzahar matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Draven normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Draven or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Draven usually loses when playing against Malzahar, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Draven makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Draven does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Draven also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Draven into Malzaharas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Draven also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Draven is a terribly counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Draven against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Draven to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Draven versus Malzahar build include Bloodthirster, Mercurial Scimitar, and The Collector. When Draven incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Malzahar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Malzahar as Draven, Draven players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Draven vs Malzahar fights, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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