Sylas vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Sylas
based on 3,964 Sylas vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Malzahar
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
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.
Sylas vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some valuable Sylas against Malzahar counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the two. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Sylas usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Sylas or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sylas usually loses when playing against Malzahar, with a 46.0% win rate. Therefore, Sylas makes a bad counter to Malzahar.
While Sylas does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sylas into Malzahar.
Additionally, Sylas also has almost no amount of utility and CC, 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sylas is a trash counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sylas in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas often racks up less CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Sylas versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 46.0% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Malzahar as Sylas, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Sylas vs Malzahar matchups, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 46.0% winrate overall.
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