Malzahar vs Draven
How to Beat Draven as Malzahar
based on 3,723 Malzahar vs Draven matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Draven Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Draven Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Draven as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Draven
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 Draven
Disrupt Draven with the goal of making him drop his axes. If you do, his power drops dramatically.
Launch skillshots toward the landing position of Draven's Spinning Axes.
Malzahar vs Draven Counter Stats
How to Counter Draven with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some influential Malzahar vs. Draven counter stats that can help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Draven’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Draven..
Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Draven. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Draven
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Draven?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when taking on Draven, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a good counter for Draven.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate than Draven, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Draven.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Draven. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Draven matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malzahar is an above average counter for Draven. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Draven.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Draven during both the laning 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 will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar usually picks up a similar amount of CS as Draven. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Draven build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Draven than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when countering Draven with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Draven 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 rune sets players picked for Malzahar vs Draven face-offs, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Draven as Malzahar are given for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.