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How to Win Volibear vs Malzahar Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Malzahar

How to Beat Malzahar as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Malzahar as Volibear

based on 2,683 Volibear vs Malzahar matchups
Win Rate
47.4 %
K/D/A
1.72
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games every week. In our database, Volibear did battle with Malzahar in 2683 games. Using so many games with Volibear vs Malzahar gives us a lot of faith in our ability to produce informative stats and a pro build to obliterate your foe. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Volibear encounters Malzahar in only 3.3% of his games.

Volibear vs Malzahar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear does a dismal job of countering Malzahar. Normally, he wins a lowly 47.4% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Volibear vs Malzahar matches, Volibear’s team is 0.2% more expected to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Malzahar.

Best Volibear vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsFiendish Codex

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapNashor's ToothRiftmaker

Optional Items

Sterak's GageTitanic HydraSpirit VisageThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveDemolishRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Malzahar Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
47.4 %
VS
Win Rate
52.6 %
Malzahar Image
5.5
< Kills >
5.1
6.5
< Deaths >
5.4
5.7
< Assists >
7.4
1.27
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
130
< Minions Killed >
196
0.53
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.51
< Inhibitors >
0.54
10,478
< Physical Damage >
617
8,059
< Magic Damage >
20,786
659
< True Damage >
391
19,196
< Damage Dealt >
21,795
33,433
< Damage Taken >
17,778
11,694
< Gold Earned >
11,984
2.49
< Towers >
2.27
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
8,580
< Total Healing >
1,493
14,375
< Experience >
15,127
18
< Vision Score >
20
8
< Wards Placed >
10
538
< Time Dealing CC >
404

How to Counter Malzahar with Volibear in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight several strategic Volibear against Malzahar matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between the two. For instance, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..

Volibear typically has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Volibear and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Malzahar

Who is Better, Volibear or Malzahar?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Volibear usually loses when playing against Malzahar, with a 47.4% win rate. Therefore, Volibear makes a bad counter to Malzahar.

While Volibear does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Volibear also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Volibear into Malzahar.

Additionally, Volibear 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 is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Volibear is a trash counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Volibear against Malzahar.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

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Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Malzahar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Malzahar as Volibear, we analyzed 2,683 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Malzahar as Volibear comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Volibear to counter Malzahar during both the lane 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 displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear on average accumulates less CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Volibear versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Riftmaker. When Volibear included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Malzahar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Volibear had an average winrate of 47.4% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of beating Malzahar as Volibear, Volibear players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Volibear vs Malzahar counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.4% win rate overall.

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