Nami vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Nami
based on 3,172 Nami vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Malzahar
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Nami in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several vital Nami vs. Malzahar counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences between the pair. Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malzahar. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Nami typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nami and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Nami or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nami usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Nami makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Nami does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Nami also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nami into Malzahar.
Moreover, Nami has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nami is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nami against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nami in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami typically gets a lot less CS as Malzahar. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nami versus Malzahar build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Malzahar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nami had an average winrate of 48.5% battling Malzahar with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of beating Malzahar as Nami, Nami players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Nami vs Malzahar counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.5% winrate overall.
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