Malzahar vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Malzahar
based on 1,870 Malzahar vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Alistar
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 Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Malzahar vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several strategic Malzahar vs. Alistar matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Alistar..
Malzahar often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Alistar. This often reflects 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 additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Alistar
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Alistar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when playing against Alistar, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate compared to Alistar, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Alistar.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Alistar 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 team fights.
Malzahar is a decent counter to Alistar. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malzahar in order to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar typically gets much more CS compared to Alistar. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Malzahar versus Alistar build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Alistar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 50.8% battling Alistar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of beating Alistar 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. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Malzahar vs Alistar counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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