Anivia vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Anivia
based on 1,839 Anivia vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Malzahar
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Anivia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Anivia vs. Malzahar counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Anivia usually has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Anivia and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Anivia or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Anivia usually wins when taking on Malzahar, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a good counter to Malzahar.
While Anivia does have a higher win rate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Anivia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Anivia into Malzaharas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Anivia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Malzahar matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Anivia is a decent counter for Malzahar. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Anivia against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Anivia in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Anivia versus Malzahar build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs Malzahar than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Anivia had an average win rate of 51.4% battling Malzahar with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Malzahar as Anivia, Anivia players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Anivia vs Malzahar clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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