Malzahar vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Malzahar
based on 1,430 Malzahar vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Aatrox
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Malzahar vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some influential Malzahar vs. Aatrox counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aatrox..
Malzahar often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Aatrox. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Aatrox?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Aatrox, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Aatrox.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate compared to Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Aatrox.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Aatrox matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a decent counter to Aatrox. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Aatrox during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Aatrox. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to use in your Malzahar versus Aatrox build include Liandry's Anguish, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Demonic Embrace. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Aatrox than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 50.8% battling Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of defeating Aatrox as Malzahar, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Malzahar vs Aatrox battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
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