Malzahar vs Pyke
How to Beat Pyke as Malzahar
based on 4,029 Malzahar vs Pyke matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Pyke Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Pyke Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pyke as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Pyke
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 Pyke
Pyke regenerates a significant amount of damage he has taken from enemy champions, but only when you can't see him!
When Pyke is hidden nearby in his Ghostwater Dive, sharks will circle underneath your feet.
Try not to stand near low health allies. If Pyke executes them using Death From Below, you might be next on the list.
Malzahar vs Pyke Counter Stats
How to Counter Pyke with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several vital Malzahar vs. Pyke counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Pyke’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Pyke..
Malzahar usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Pyke. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Pyke
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Pyke?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when playing against Pyke, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a good counter for Pyke.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate than Pyke, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Pyke.
Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Pyke. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Pyke matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a good counter for Pyke. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Pyke.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malzahar in order to counter Pyke during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often accumulates much more CS compared to Pyke. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to use in your Malzahar versus Pyke build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Cryptbloom. When Malzahar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Pyke than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Pyke with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Pyke as Malzahar, Malzahar players 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 builds players picked for Malzahar vs Pyke clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.
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