Ezreal vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Ezreal
based on 7,236 Ezreal vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ezreal vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Ezreal vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Ezreal
Tips for Playing as Ezreal against Malzahar
Use Arcane Shift to help line up your other skill shots.
You can line up Trueshot Barrage to hit multiple minion waves or even Monsters.
You can play Ezreal either as a Attack Damage carry or Ability Power carry depending on how you build him.
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.
Ezreal vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Ezreal in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several critical Ezreal versus Malzahar counter stats that can help you understand the distinctions between the two. Ezreal’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Ezreal may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Ezreal usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ezreal and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Ezreal or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ezreal usually loses when taking on Malzahar, with a 46.7% win rate. Therefore, Ezreal makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Ezreal does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Ezreal also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Ezreal into Malzaharas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ezreal has only a small 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ezreal vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Ezreal is a terribly counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ezreal against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ezreal to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ezreal often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Ezreal versus Malzahar build include Muramana, Spear of Shojin, and Essence Reaver. When Ezreal used at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Malzahar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ezreal had an average winrate of 46.7% when playing against Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Malzahar as Ezreal, Ezreal players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Ezreal vs Malzahar counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.7% winrate overall.
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