Malzahar vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Malzahar
based on 4,251 Malzahar vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Darius
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 Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Malzahar vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Malzahar versus Darius matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Darius..
Malzahar normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Darius. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Darius
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Darius?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Darius, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Darius.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate than Darius, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Darius.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. 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 Darius matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malzahar is a decent counter to Darius. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Darius during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Darius. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Malzahar versus Darius build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Darius than with many other common builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 50.8% when countering Darius with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Darius as Malzahar, you should use 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 we have analyed for Malzahar vs Darius battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
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