Vi vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Vi
based on 3,403 Vi vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Malzahar
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some valuable Vi against Malzahar matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Vi usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vi and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Vi or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vi usually fairs equally well when playing against Malzahar, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Vi makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Vi does have a higher winrate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Vi also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vi into Malzahar.
Moreover, Vi has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vi vs Malzahar matchups, Vi 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 teamfights.
Vi is a decent counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Vi against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vi to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi on average racks up a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Vi versus Malzahar build consist of Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Vi combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Malzahar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Vi had an average winrate of 50.7% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Malzahar as Vi, Vi players should use the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Vi vs Malzahar fights, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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