Malzahar vs Tristana
How to Beat Tristana as Malzahar
based on 4,424 Malzahar vs Tristana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Tristana Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Tristana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tristana as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Tristana
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 Tristana
Stand away from your creeps in a lane to take less collateral damage from Explosive Charge.
If you see Tristana activate Rapid Fire in a fight, stun her and try to back off until the spell dissipates.
Malzahar vs Tristana Counter Stats
How to Counter Tristana with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Malzahar versus Tristana matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Tristana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tristana..
Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Tristana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Tristana
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Tristana?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when taking on Tristana, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a good counter to Tristana.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate than Tristana, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Tristana.
Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Tristana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Tristana matchups, Malzahar is the better champion 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 to Tristana. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Tristana.
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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 Tristana during both the early game 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 here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Tristana. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malzahar versus Tristana build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Malignance. When Malzahar used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Tristana than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when playing against Tristana with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Tristana as Malzahar, Malzahar players should equip 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 builds players chose for Malzahar vs Tristana counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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