Ivern vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Ivern
based on 1,261 Ivern vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ivern vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Ivern vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Ivern
Tips for Playing as Ivern against Malzahar
Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!
Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!
Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!
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.
Ivern vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Ivern in LoL
The stats shown here feature several influential Ivern against Malzahar counter stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Ivern’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ivern may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Ivern usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ivern and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Ivern or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ivern usually fairs equally well when playing against Malzahar, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Ivern makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Ivern does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Ivern also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Ivern into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Ivern has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ivern vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Ivern is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Ivern against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ivern 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ivern most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Ivern versus Malzahar build include Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Ivern included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Malzahar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Ivern boasted an average win rate of 49.2% when countering Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Malzahar as Ivern, Ivern players should use the Summon Aery, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Ivern vs Malzahar matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
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