Dr. Mundo vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Dr. Mundo
based on 2,641 Dr. Mundo vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Dr. Mundo vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Dr. Mundo vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Dr. Mundo
Tips for Playing as Dr. Mundo against Malzahar
Cleavers are a powerful tool for killing neutral monsters. Instead of returning to base, farm neutral monsters until your ultimate can heal you.
A well-timed Sadism can bait enemy champions into attacking you even when they lack the damage to finish you.
Spirit Visage will increase the healing done by your ultimate and lower cooldowns on all of your abilities.
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.
Dr. Mundo vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Dr. Mundo in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some important Dr. Mundo against Malzahar matchup statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Dr. Mundo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Dr. Mundo may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Dr. Mundo often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Dr. Mundo and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Dr. Mundo or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Dr. Mundo usually wins when playing against Malzahar, with a 52.8% win rate. As a result, Dr. Mundo makes a good counter for Malzahar.
While Dr. Mundo does have a higher winrate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Dr. Mundo also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Dr. Mundo into Malzahar.
Additionally, Dr. Mundo also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Dr. Mundo vs Malzahar matchups, Dr. Mundo is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Dr. Mundo is an above average counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Dr. Mundo against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Dr. Mundo in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Dr. Mundo often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Dr. Mundo versus Malzahar build include Unending Despair, Spirit Visage, and Heartsteel. When Dr. Mundo included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Malzahar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Dr. Mundo boasted an average win rate of 52.8% when playing against Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Malzahar as Dr. Mundo, Dr. Mundo players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Dr. Mundo vs Malzahar fights, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.8% win rate overall.
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