Malzahar vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Malzahar
based on 3,773 Malzahar vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Ahri
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Advice to Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Malzahar vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some significant Malzahar versus Ahri matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ahri..
Malzahar often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ahri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Ahri
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Ahri?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Ahri, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a good counter for Ahri.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate than Ahri, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Ahri.
Additionally, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Ahri matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a good counter for Ahri. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Ahri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Ahri. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Malzahar versus Ahri build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Shadowflame. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Ahri than with most other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 52.3% when playing against Ahri with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Ahri as Malzahar, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Ahri matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Ahri as Malzahar are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.