Lux vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Lux
based on 12,745 Lux vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Malzahar
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Lux in LoL
The stats provided here feature some important Lux vs. Malzahar counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Lux typically has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Lux or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lux usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Lux does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Lux also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Lux into Malzahar.
Additionally, Lux also has a good amount of CC and other utility, 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 isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lux vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lux is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lux to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux typically accumulates less CS as Malzahar. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Lux versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Lux used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Malzahar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Lux boasted an average win rate of 49.5% battling Malzahar with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Malzahar as Lux, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Lux vs Malzahar fights, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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