Malzahar vs Illaoi
How to Beat Illaoi as Malzahar
based on 2,415 Malzahar vs Illaoi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Illaoi Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Illaoi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Illaoi as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Illaoi
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 Illaoi
Killing Tentacles whenever possible will make it much easier to win a fight against Illaoi.
When your spirit gets pulled out, fight back if you can. Dealing damage to Illaoi reduces the spirit's duration.
Avoid grouping up for Leap of Faith to reduce the number of Tentacles available to Illaoi.
Malzahar vs Illaoi Counter Stats
How to Counter Illaoi with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Malzahar against Illaoi counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Illaoi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Illaoi..
Malzahar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Illaoi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Illaoi
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Illaoi?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when playing against Illaoi, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a good counter for Illaoi.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate compared to Illaoi, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Illaoi.
Moreover, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Illaoi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Illaoi 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 an above average counter for Illaoi. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Illaoi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Illaoi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often picks up a similar amount of CS as Illaoi. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Illaoi build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Illaoi than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 52.6% battling Illaoi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Illaoi as Malzahar, Malzahar players 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 runes players chose for Malzahar vs Illaoi LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Illaoi as Malzahar are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to filter the statistics and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.