Vel'Koz vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Vel'Koz
based on 2,600 Vel'Koz vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vel'Koz vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Vel'Koz
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz against Malzahar
Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.
Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.
When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.
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.
Vel'Koz vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Vel'Koz in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Vel'Koz against Malzahar counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vel'Koz may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Vel'Koz normally has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vel'Koz and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Vel'Koz or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vel'Koz usually fairs equally well when taking on Malzahar, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Vel'Koz makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Vel'Koz does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Vel'Koz also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vel'Koz into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vel'Koz also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vel'Koz vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Vel'Koz is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vel'Koz against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vel'Koz in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vel'Koz often racks up less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vel'Koz versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Malzahar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vel'Koz had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Malzahar as Vel'Koz, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Vel'Koz vs Malzahar fights, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.
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