Akali vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Akali
based on 7,443 Akali vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Malzahar
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
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.
Akali vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Akali in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Akali vs. Malzahar matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences between the two. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Akali often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Akali or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when taking on Malzahar, with a 46.3% win rate. Thus, Akali makes a bad counter to Malzahar.
While Akali does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Akali also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Akali into Malzaharas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Akali vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Akali is a terribly counter to Malzahar. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Akali against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Akali versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Akali incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Malzahar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 46.3% when countering Malzahar with this build.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Malzahar as Akali, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Akali vs Malzahar counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.3% win rate overall.
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