Malzahar vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Malzahar
based on 3,129 Malzahar vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Bard
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 Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Malzahar vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Malzahar against Bard matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Bard..
Malzahar often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Bard. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Bard
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Bard?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Bard, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Bard.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate than Bard, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Bard.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Bard 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 for Bard. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Bard.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malzahar
Additional Information for Malzahar Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malzahar in order to counter Bard during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar typically accumulates much more CS relative to Bard. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Malzahar versus Bard build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Bard than with many other common builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when countering Bard with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating Bard as Malzahar, Malzahar players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Bard LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Bard as Malzahar are presented for all skill levels combined. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.