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How to Win Malzahar vs Lillia Counter MatchupMalzahar is in the a tier of champions

Malzahar vs Lillia

How to Beat Lillia as Malzahar in LoLMalzahar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Lillia as Malzahar

based on 7,150 Malzahar vs Lillia matchups
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
2.2
Pick Rate
5.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. Within our data, Malzahar faced off against Lillia in 7150 games. Including so many matchups for Malzahar vs Lillia gives us confidence in our capability to prepare informative stats and a solid build to destroy Lillia. This champ matchup is relatively uncommon. Malzahar is forced to battle against Lillia in only 5.8% of his rounds.

Malzahar vs Lillia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Malzahar has done a pathetic job of countering Lillia. On average, he wins a lowly 46.2% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Malzahar vs Lillia matches, Malzahar’s side is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely won't get first blood against Lillia.

Best Malzahar vs Lillia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Fiendish CodexLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameRabadon's DeathcapCryptbloomLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Malzahar to level upe
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Second ability for Malzahar to level upq
>
Last skill for Malzahar to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Malzahar's passive ability p
Malzahar's q ability q
Malzahar's w ability w
Malzahar's e ability e
Malzahar's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
3
Q
4
E
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E
6
R
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E
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Guide to Countering Lillia as Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Lillia

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.

Malzahar vs Lillia Counter Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
Lillia Image
5
< Kills >
6.7
5.6
< Deaths >
5.4
7.3
< Assists >
8.4
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
201
< Minions Killed >
49
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
1.38
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.43
620
< Physical Damage >
840
21,825
< Magic Damage >
16,425
377
< True Damage >
4,907
22,822
< Damage Dealt >
22,173
18,874
< Damage Taken >
41,559
12,155
< Gold Earned >
12,354
2.2
< Towers >
1.4
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.34
1,646
< Total Healing >
23,412
15,364
< Experience >
14,618
20
< Vision Score >
22
10
< Wards Placed >
6
418
< Time Dealing CC >
424

How to Counter Lillia with Malzahar in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several critical Malzahar versus Lillia counter statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lillia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Lillia..

Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Lillia. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Malzahar and Lillia

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Lillia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Malzahar
Lillia

Who is Better, Malzahar or Lillia?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when facing off against Lillia, with a 46.2% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a bad counter for Lillia.

While Malzahar does have a lower win rate than Lillia, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Malzahar into Lillia.

Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lillia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Malzahar is a garbage counter to Lillia. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Lillia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Malzahar

Malzahar Loses Against

NocturneNocturne45.5% winrateTrundleTrundle45.9% winrateAurelion SolAurelion Sol46% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune46.1% winrate

Malzahar Wins Against

YuumiYuumi58.6% winrateZoeZoe56.5% winrateRyzeRyze56.3% winrateZeriZeri56.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZyraZyra+ 53.7% 4847 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.5% 6204 GamesMiss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 54.5% 16998 GamesTrundleTrundle+ 55% 8165 Games

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar vs Lillia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lillia as Malzahar, we analyzed 7,150 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lillia as Malzahar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Malzahar Build Lillia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Lillia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Malzahar typically racks up much more CS as Lillia. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Malzahar versus Lillia build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Lillia than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 46.2% when countering Lillia with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Lillia as Malzahar, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Future's Market, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Malzahar vs Lillia counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.2% win rate overall.

If you would like to see Malzahar versus Lillia tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a particular division, feel free to choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using all games run with both champs.