Senna vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Senna
based on 8,883 Senna vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Senna vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Senna vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Senna
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.
Senna vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Senna in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several influential Senna vs. Malzahar counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Senna normally has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Senna and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Senna or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Senna usually wins when playing against Malzahar, with a 51.2% win rate. As a result, Senna makes a good counter to Malzahar.
While Senna does have a higher win rate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Senna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Senna into Malzaharas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Senna also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Senna vs Malzahar matchups, Senna is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Senna is a decent counter to Malzahar. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Senna against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Senna 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Senna often gets a lot less CS as Malzahar. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often 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, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Senna versus Malzahar build include Rapid Firecannon, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and Edge of Night. When Senna used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Malzahar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Senna had an average winrate of 51.2% when playing against Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Malzahar as Senna, Senna players should take the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Senna vs Malzahar fights, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.2% winrate overall.
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