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How to Win Seraphine vs Malzahar Counter MatchupSeraphine is in the b tier of champions

Seraphine vs Malzahar

How to Beat Malzahar as Seraphine in LoLSeraphine is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Malzahar as Seraphine

based on 5,485 Seraphine vs Malzahar matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.93
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of ranked LoL matches every week. In our database, Seraphine engaged Malzahar 5485 times. Using so many games with Seraphine versus Malzahar gives us faith in our capacity to provide informative stats and a pro build to crush your enemy. This counter pairing is fairly rare. Seraphine fights Malzahar in only 3.1% of her matches.

Seraphine vs Malzahar Matchup Summary

Seraphine has done a ok job of beating Malzahar. Normally, she wins a acceptable 49.7% of matches the champions battle each other in. In Seraphine against Malzahar rounds, Seraphine’s side is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood versus Malzahar.

Best Seraphine vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Tear of the GoddessLost Chapter

Core Seraphine Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceRylai's Crystal ScepterZaz'Zak's Realmspike

Optional Items

RedemptionDawncoreCelestial OppositionStaff of Flowing Water

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Seraphine to level upq
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Second ability for Seraphine to level upw
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Last skill for Seraphine to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
InspirationTriple TonicCosmic Insight
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Seraphine's passive ability p
Seraphine's q ability q
Seraphine's w ability w
Seraphine's e ability e
Seraphine's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Seraphine

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.

Seraphine vs Malzahar Counter Stats

Seraphine Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Malzahar Image
3.4
< Kills >
4.9
5.4
< Deaths >
5.4
12.4
< Assists >
7.1
0.75
< Killing Sprees >
1.13
99
< Minions Killed >
201
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.56
< Inhibitors >
0.57
1,374
< Physical Damage >
574
12,952
< Magic Damage >
20,062
536
< True Damage >
376
14,863
< Damage Dealt >
21,013
16,965
< Damage Taken >
18,335
10,044
< Gold Earned >
12,105
2.26
< Towers >
2.35
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
4,191
< Total Healing >
1,574
12,127
< Experience >
15,316
42
< Vision Score >
20
19
< Wards Placed >
10
262
< Time Dealing CC >
413

How to Counter Malzahar with Seraphine in LoL

The stats provided here highlight some vital Seraphine vs. Malzahar matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. Seraphine’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Seraphine may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Seraphine usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Seraphine and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Seraphine
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Seraphine
Malzahar

Who is Better, Seraphine or Malzahar?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Seraphine usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malzahar, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Seraphine makes an ok counter to Malzahar.

While Seraphine does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Seraphine also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Seraphine into Malzahar.

Additionally, Seraphine has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Seraphine vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Seraphine is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Seraphine against Malzahar.

Additional Information for Seraphine Players

How We Calculated Our Seraphine vs Malzahar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Malzahar as Seraphine, we analyzed 5,485 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Malzahar as Seraphine comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Seraphine in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Seraphine usually racks up less CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Seraphine versus Malzahar build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zaz'Zak's Realmspike. When Seraphine incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Malzahar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Seraphine boasted an average winrate of 49.7% when countering Malzahar with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating Malzahar as Seraphine, Seraphine players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Triple Tonic, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Seraphine vs Malzahar fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.

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