Hwei vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Hwei
based on 5,611 Hwei vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hwei vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Hwei vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Hwei
Tips for Playing as Hwei against Malzahar
Calm down, breathe, and focus.
Each stroke requires precision and intention.
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.
Hwei vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Hwei in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Hwei against Malzahar counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Hwei typically has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. Commonly, they takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hwei and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Hwei or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Hwei usually loses when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 47.0% win rate. As a result, Hwei makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Hwei does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Hwei also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Hwei into Malzaharas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Hwei also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Hwei is a terribly counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Hwei against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Hwei in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hwei typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many 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 Hwei versus Malzahar build include Shadowflame, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Hwei used at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better against Malzahar than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Hwei had an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Malzahar as Hwei, Hwei players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Gathering Storm, and Manaflow Band runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Hwei vs Malzahar counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.0% winrate overall.
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