Irelia vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Irelia
based on 3,226 Irelia vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Malzahar
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some important Irelia vs. Malzahar counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Irelia normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Irelia and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Irelia or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when playing against Malzahar, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Irelia makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Irelia also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Irelia into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Irelia versus Malzahar build consist of Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Malzahar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 49.5% when playing against Malzahar with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Malzahar as Irelia, Irelia players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Irelia vs Malzahar counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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