Viego vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Viego
based on 4,637 Viego vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viego vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Viego vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Viego
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.
Viego vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Viego in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some strategic Viego versus Malzahar counter stats that can help you interpret the differences between the two. Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Viego often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Viego and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Viego or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Viego usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Viego makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Viego does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Viego also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Viego into Malzahar.
Moreover, Viego also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Viego 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 team members during team fights.
Viego is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Viego against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Viego to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viego typically gets a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Viego versus Malzahar build consist of Wit's End, Sundered Sky, and Kraken Slayer. When Viego bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better when fighting Malzahar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Viego had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Malzahar as Viego, Viego players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Viego vs Malzahar battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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