Malzahar vs Zed
How to Beat Zed as Malzahar
based on 4,458 Malzahar vs Zed matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Zed Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Zed Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zed as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Zed
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 Zed
Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.
Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.
After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.
Malzahar vs Zed Counter Stats
How to Counter Zed with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here feature several valuable Malzahar against Zed matchup statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zed’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zed..
Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Zed. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Zed
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Zed?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when trying to fight Zed, with a 52.9% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a good counter to Zed.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate than Zed, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Zed.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Zed 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 allies during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is an above average counter for Zed. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Zed.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Zed during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often gets a similar amount of CS as Zed. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malzahar versus Zed build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Zed than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 52.9% battling Zed with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Zed as Malzahar, Malzahar players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Malzahar vs Zed clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.9% winrate overall.
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