Malzahar vs Neeko
How to Beat Neeko as Malzahar
based on 3,571 Malzahar vs Neeko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Neeko Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Neeko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Neeko as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Neeko
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 Neeko
Pop Blossom's warning visuals are invisible if Neeko is disguised.
Standing behind minions against Neeko is very dangerous as Tangle-Barbs become stronger.
Malzahar vs Neeko Counter Stats
How to Counter Neeko with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some influential Malzahar versus Neeko matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Neeko’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Neeko..
Malzahar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Neeko. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Neeko
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Neeko?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when playing against Neeko, with a 51.3% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a good counter for Neeko.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate compared to Neeko, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Neeko.
Additionally, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Neeko. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Neeko matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a 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 a decent counter for Neeko. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Neeko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Neeko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often racks up more CS as Neeko. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Malzahar versus Neeko build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Malignance. When Malzahar included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Neeko than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 51.3% when countering Neeko with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Neeko as Malzahar, Malzahar players 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 Neeko matchups, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Neeko as Malzahar are displayed for all ranked divisions. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.