Malzahar vs Corki
How to Beat Corki as Malzahar
based on 1,261 Malzahar vs Corki matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Corki Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Corki Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Corki as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Corki
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 Corki
Watch out for Corki's Missile Barrage. They deal splash damage, so you can get hit even when hiding behind minions.
Corki is vulnerable after he uses his Valkyrie or Special Delivery, so try switching focus to him if he uses them to enter a fight.
Malzahar vs Corki Counter Stats
How to Counter Corki with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Malzahar vs. Corki matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Corki’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Corki..
Malzahar often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Corki. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Corki
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Corki?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when playing against Corki, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a bad counter to Corki.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate than Corki, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Corki.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Corki. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Corki matchups, Corki is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Corki. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Corki.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malzahar
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Corki during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Corki. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Malzahar versus Corki build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Corki than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Corki with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Corki as Malzahar, Malzahar players should equip 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 we have analyed for Malzahar vs Corki counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.7% win rate overall.
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