Taric vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Taric
based on 1,233 Taric vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Malzahar
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several vital Taric vs. Malzahar matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Taric usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Taric or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when facing off against Malzahar, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Taric makes a good counter to Malzahar.
While Taric does have a higher winrate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Taric also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Taric into Malzahar.
Additionally, Taric has a lot 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Taric vs Malzahar matchups, Taric is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Taric is an above average counter for Malzahar. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Taric against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taric 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric usually accumulates a lot less CS as Malzahar. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Taric versus Malzahar build consist of Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Celestial Opposition. When Taric incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Malzahar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Taric boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Malzahar as Taric, Taric players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Taric vs Malzahar counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.5% winrate overall.
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