Nunu & Willump vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Nunu & Willump
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Nunu & Willump vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Malzahar
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several vital Nunu & Willump against Malzahar matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Nunu & Willump often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 45.6% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Nunu & Willump does have a much lower win rate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Nunu & Willump into Malzahar.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a garbage counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump often racks up a lot less CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Malzahar build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Malzahar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 45.6% when countering Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Malzahar as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Malzahar LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.6% win rate overall.
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