Malzahar vs Orianna
How to Beat Orianna as Malzahar
based on 1,871 Malzahar vs Orianna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Orianna Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Orianna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Orianna as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Orianna
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 Orianna
Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.
Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.
Malzahar vs Orianna Counter Stats
How to Counter Orianna with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some influential Malzahar vs. Orianna matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Orianna’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Orianna..
Malzahar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Orianna. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Orianna
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Orianna?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Orianna, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a good counter to Orianna.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate compared to Orianna, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Orianna.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Orianna. 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 in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Orianna matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is an above average counter for Orianna. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Orianna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malzahar in order to counter Orianna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Orianna. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Orianna build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Void Staff. When Malzahar used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Orianna than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 52.5% when countering Orianna with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Orianna as Malzahar, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Malzahar vs Orianna LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.5% winrate overall.
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