Fizz vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Fizz
based on 6,537 Fizz vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Fizz vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Fizz vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Fizz
Tips for Playing as Fizz against Malzahar
Fizz's spells scale off Ability Power - consider getting items like Zhonya's Hourglass or Banshee's Veil against teams that have high burst threat - and items like Lich Bane or Rabadon's Deathcap if you think you can survive without the Health.
Since Fizz can move through units, find opportunities in lane to walk through minions and apply Seastone Trident's passive - following it up with the ability's active attack after a few seconds.
Fizz's ultimate ability, Chum the Waters, can be aimed at an enemy or towards the area where you think they'll be going.
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.
Fizz vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Fizz in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some influential Fizz against Malzahar counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between the pair. Fizz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Fizz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Fizz often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Fizz and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Fizz or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Fizz usually wins when taking on Malzahar, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Fizz makes a good counter for Malzahar.
While Fizz does have a higher winrate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Fizz also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Fizz into Malzahar.
Moreover, Fizz also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Fizz vs Malzahar matchups, Fizz is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Fizz is a good counter for Malzahar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Fizz against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Fizz in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game 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 suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Fizz usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Fizz versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Void Staff. When Fizz combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Malzahar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Fizz had an average win rate of 52.3% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Malzahar as Fizz, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Triumph, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Fizz vs Malzahar counters, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.3% winrate overall.
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