Malzahar vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Malzahar
based on 2,597 Malzahar vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Zac
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 Zac
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
Malzahar vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some important Malzahar vs. Zac counter statistics that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zac..
Malzahar often has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Zac. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Zac
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Zac?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when trying to fight Zac, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a poor counter for Zac.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate than Zac, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Zac.
Moreover, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Zac. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Zac during both the lane 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 shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often picks up much more CS compared to Zac. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Zac build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better versus Zac than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Zac with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Zac as Malzahar, Malzahar players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Malzahar vs Zac fights, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Zac as Malzahar are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.