Elise vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Elise
based on 754 Elise vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Elise vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Elise vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Elise
Tips for Playing as Elise against Malzahar
Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.
Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.
When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.
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.
Elise vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Elise in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some strategic Elise versus Malzahar counter stats that may help us grasp the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Elise often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Elise and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Elise or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Elise usually loses when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 46.2% win rate. Thus, Elise makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Elise does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Elise also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Elise into Malzaharas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Elise also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Elise 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 late stage team fights.
Elise is a trash counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Elise against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Elise in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Elise most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Elise versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Malzahar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 46.2% when countering Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Malzahar as Elise, Elise players should take the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Elise vs Malzahar battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.2% winrate overall.
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