Heimerdinger vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Heimerdinger
based on 2,115 Heimerdinger vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Malzahar
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some vital Heimerdinger vs. Malzahar counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Heimerdinger usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually loses when taking on Malzahar, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Heimerdinger does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Heimerdinger also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Heimerdinger into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, 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 is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Heimerdinger is a trash counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Heimerdinger in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Malzahar build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Malzahar than with many other common builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 47.4% when countering Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Malzahar as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Malzahar battles, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.4% win rate overall.
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