Zilean vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Zilean
based on 1,379 Zilean vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Malzahar
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some critical Zilean against Malzahar matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Zilean typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Zilean or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zilean usually wins when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Zilean makes a good counter to Malzahar.
While Zilean does have a higher winrate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Zilean also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Zilean into Malzahar.
Moreover, Zilean has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Malzahar matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Zilean is a decent counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Zilean in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean on average gets a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Zilean versus Malzahar build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Malzahar than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Malzahar as Zilean, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zilean vs Malzahar battles, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.7% win rate overall.
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