Malzahar vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Malzahar
based on 2,865 Malzahar vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Malzahar vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Malzahar versus Hecarim counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Hecarim..
Malzahar often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Hecarim?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when taking on Hecarim, with a 53.2% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a great counter for Hecarim.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate than Hecarim, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Hecarim.
Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Hecarim matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter for Hecarim. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Hecarim during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average picks up much more CS relative to Hecarim. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Hecarim build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Hecarim than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 53.2% when playing against Hecarim with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Hecarim 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. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Malzahar vs Hecarim matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 53.2% winrate overall.
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