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

Malzahar vs Quinn

How to Beat Quinn as Malzahar in LoLMalzahar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Quinn as Malzahar

based on 1,602 Malzahar vs Quinn matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our matchup stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Quinn as Malzahar resulted from an examination of 1602 ranked matches where both champions clashed against one another. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Malzahar is forced to battle against Quinn in only 1.3% of his games.

Malzahar vs Quinn Matchup Summary

Malzahar does a good job of beating Quinn. Typically, he wins a terrific 52.4% of games the champs fight each other in. In Malzahar against Quinn games, Malzahar’s team is 0.1% less likely to get first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood against Quinn.

Best Malzahar vs Quinn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceVoid StaffLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapRylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassLuden'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
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Last skill for Malzahar to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Quinn as Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Quinn

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 Quinn

After being marked, move away from Quinn so she can't take advantage of it.

Keep tabs on Quinn's position. Behind Enemy Lines can enable Valor to cross the map very quickly and attack you by surprise.

When Quinn is using Behind Enemy Lines, damaging her removes her Move Speed bonus temporarily.

Malzahar vs Quinn Counter Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Quinn Image
5.6
< Kills >
7.4
6
< Deaths >
7
7.5
< Assists >
6.5
1.29
< Killing Sprees >
1.72
199
< Minions Killed >
160
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.42
593
< Physical Damage >
20,794
21,042
< Magic Damage >
1,307
404
< True Damage >
1,150
22,040
< Damage Dealt >
23,251
19,391
< Damage Taken >
24,722
12,422
< Gold Earned >
12,315
2.33
< Towers >
2.07
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
1,563
< Total Healing >
5,949
15,558
< Experience >
15,127
20
< Vision Score >
21
10
< Wards Placed >
9
407
< Time Dealing CC >
159

How to Counter Quinn with Malzahar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some valuable Malzahar against Quinn matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences between this pair of champions. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Quinn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Quinn..

Malzahar often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes less damage than Quinn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Malzahar and Quinn

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Quinn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Malzahar
Quinn

Who is Better, Malzahar or Quinn?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when playing against Quinn, with a 52.4% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a good counter for Quinn.

While Malzahar does have a higher win rate compared to Quinn, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Quinn.

Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Quinn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Quinn matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Malzahar is a good counter for Quinn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Quinn.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar vs Quinn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Quinn as Malzahar, we analyzed 1,602 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 Quinn 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Quinn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Malzahar often gets a similar amount of CS as Quinn. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Malzahar versus Quinn build include Malignance, Void Staff, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Quinn than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 52.4% when playing against Quinn with this build.

To have the highest probability of beating Quinn as Malzahar, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Malzahar vs Quinn face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.4% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Quinn as Malzahar are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.