Maokai vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Maokai
based on 4,946 Maokai vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Malzahar
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
Advice to Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Maokai vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Maokai in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some significant Maokai versus Malzahar matchup stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, showing that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Maokai often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Maokai and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Maokai or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when taking on Malzahar, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Maokai makes a great counter to Malzahar.
While Maokai does have a higher winrate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Maokai also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Malzahar.
Additionally, Maokai has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Malzahar matchups, Maokai is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Maokai is a great counter to Malzahar. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Maokai in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai on average gets a lot less CS as Malzahar. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Maokai versus Malzahar build include Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Hollow Radiance. When Maokai bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Malzahar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Maokai had an average win rate of 53.2% when countering Malzahar with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Malzahar as Maokai, Maokai players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Hextech Flashtraption, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Maokai vs Malzahar clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.2% winrate overall.
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