Malzahar vs Brand
How to Beat Brand as Malzahar
based on 7,624 Malzahar vs Brand matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Brand Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Brand Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Brand as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Brand
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 Brand
Brand's passive allows him to excel against teams that cluster together. Be sure to split up against him.
Brand must land an ability before his combo is able to get started. Dodging his Sear or Pillar of Flame will disrupt his rhythm.
Try to move away from allies when you see Pyroclasm being cast. The initial missile speed is slow, which should give your team time to react.
Malzahar vs Brand Counter Stats
How to Counter Brand with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some strategic Malzahar versus Brand matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Brand’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Brand..
Malzahar often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Brand. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Brand
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Brand?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Brand, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Brand.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate than Brand, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Brand.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Brand. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Brand matchups, Brand is the better champ 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 somewhat poor counter for Brand. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Brand.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Brand during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often accumulates more CS relative to Brand. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malzahar versus Brand build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Brand than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 49.8% battling Brand with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Brand as Malzahar, Malzahar players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Malzahar vs Brand LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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