Malzahar vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Malzahar
based on 1,379 Malzahar vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Malzahar vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several critical Malzahar versus Zilean matchup stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zilean..
Malzahar often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Zilean
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when playing against Zilean, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate compared to Zilean, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Zilean.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Zilean during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average picks up much more CS compared to Zilean. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Zilean build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Zilean than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 48.3% battling Zilean with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Zilean as Malzahar, you should take 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 picked for Malzahar vs Zilean matchups, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.3% winrate overall.
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