Malzahar vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Malzahar
based on 5,546 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.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
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.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Malzahar vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some important Malzahar versus Aatrox counter statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Aatrox..
Malzahar normally has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Aatrox. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Aatrox?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Aatrox, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Aatrox.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate compared to Aatrox, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Aatrox.
Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall 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 allied champions during team fights.
Malzahar is a decent counter to Aatrox. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own 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 laning 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 suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Aatrox. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Malzahar versus Aatrox build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Malignance. When Malzahar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Aatrox than with most other common builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when countering Aatrox with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Aatrox as Malzahar, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Aatrox fights, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.8% win rate overall.
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