Malzahar vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Malzahar
based on 3,731 Malzahar vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Nasus
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 Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Malzahar vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some vital Malzahar against Nasus matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nasus..
Malzahar typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nasus. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Nasus
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Nasus, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a good counter to Nasus.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate compared to Nasus, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Nasus.
Additionally, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Nasus matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malzahar is a decent counter to Nasus. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Nasus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nasus. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Malzahar versus Nasus build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Nasus than with many other common builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 51.6% battling Nasus with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Nasus as Malzahar, Malzahar players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Malzahar vs Nasus counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% win rate overall.
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