Vladimir vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Vladimir
based on 3,806 Vladimir vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Malzahar
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Vladimir in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some critical Vladimir vs. Malzahar matchup stats that may help you interpret the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Vladimir typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vladimir usually loses when taking on Malzahar, with a 45.6% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Vladimir does have a much lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Vladimir also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Vladimir into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vladimir also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Vladimir is a bad counter for Malzahar. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vladimir against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vladimir 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir usually accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Vladimir versus Malzahar build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Stormsurge. When Vladimir included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Malzahar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vladimir had an average winrate of 45.6% battling Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Malzahar as Vladimir, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Vladimir vs Malzahar matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.6% win rate overall.
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