Nilah vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Nilah
based on 1,954 Nilah vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nilah vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Nilah vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Nilah
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.
Nilah vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Nilah in LoL
The stats provided here feature several critical Nilah against Malzahar counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between these two champs. Nilah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nilah may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Nilah normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. On average, they takes more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nilah and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Nilah or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nilah usually wins when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 53.2% win rate. As a result, Nilah makes a great counter to Malzahar.
While Nilah does have a higher win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Nilah also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nilah into Malzaharas their relative depth means you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Nilah also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nilah vs Malzahar matchups, Nilah is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nilah is a great counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nilah against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nilah to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nilah often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nilah versus Malzahar build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Immortal Shieldbow, and The Collector. When Nilah combined at least these three items in their build, they performed much better vs. Malzahar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nilah boasted an average winrate of 53.2% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Malzahar as Nilah, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Nilah vs Malzahar counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.2% winrate overall.
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