Malzahar vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Malzahar
based on 1,409 Malzahar vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Malzahar vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some important Malzahar vs. Braum counter statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Braum’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Braum. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Malzahar usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Braum. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Braum
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Braum?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when trying to fight Braum, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a bad counter for Braum.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate compared to Braum, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Braum.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Braum. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Braum.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Braum during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often accumulates much more CS as Braum. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Braum build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Braum than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when countering Braum with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Braum as Malzahar, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Malzahar vs Braum LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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