Samira vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Samira
based on 5,620 Samira vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Samira
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.
Samira vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Samira in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some critical Samira versus Malzahar counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Samira usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Samira and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Samira or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Samira usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 46.9% win rate. Therefore, Samira makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Samira does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Samira also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Samira into Malzahar.
Additionally, Samira also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Samira vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Samira is a garbage counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Samira to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira on average accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Samira versus Malzahar build include Guardian Angel, Infinity Edge, and The Collector. When Samira bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Malzahar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Samira had an average winrate of 46.9% when countering Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Malzahar as Samira, you should use 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 combinations players used for Samira vs Malzahar face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.9% win rate overall.
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