Fiora vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Fiora
based on 2,766 Fiora vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fiora vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Fiora vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Fiora
Tips for Playing as Fiora against Malzahar
Grand Challenge allows Fiora to take down even the most durable opponents and then recover if successful, so do not hesitate to attack the enemy's front line.
Thanks to Duelist's Dance, Fiora excels at quick trades. Use the Move Speed boost from striking a Vital to escape unscathed or set up for the next one.
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.
Fiora vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Fiora in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several critical Fiora against Malzahar matchup statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Fiora’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Fiora may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Fiora normally has a similar longest kill spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Fiora and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Fiora or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Fiora usually fairs equally well when playing against Malzahar, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Fiora makes an ok counter to Malzahar.
While Fiora does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Fiora also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Fiora into Malzahar.
Moreover, Fiora also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Fiora vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Fiora is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Fiora against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Fiora in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fiora most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Fiora versus Malzahar build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Death's Dance. When Fiora incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Malzahar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Fiora had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Malzahar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Malzahar as Fiora, Fiora players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Unflinching, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Resolve and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Fiora vs Malzahar face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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