Xayah vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Xayah
based on 1,867 Xayah vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Malzahar
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several critical Xayah vs. Malzahar matchup stats that can help you grasp the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Xayah usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Xayah or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xayah usually loses when playing against Malzahar, with a 46.2% win rate. As a result, Xayah makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Xayah also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Xayah into Malzahar.
Additionally, Xayah has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Xayah is a trash counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Xayah against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Xayah versus Malzahar build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Rapid Firecannon, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Malzahar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Xayah boasted an average winrate of 46.2% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Malzahar as Xayah, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xayah vs Malzahar battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.2% winrate overall.
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