Malzahar vs Diana
How to Beat Diana as Malzahar
based on 5,246 Malzahar vs Diana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Diana Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Diana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Diana as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Diana
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 Diana
Pale Cascade orbs only last a few seconds. Avoid Diana and engage her after the shield dissipates.
Diana can play very aggressively if she uses Lunar Rush without Moonlight, but you can punish her by slowing or stunning her when she has no way to get back into position.
Dodge Crescent Strike, or move to safety if you are affected by Moonlight.
Malzahar vs Diana Counter Stats
How to Counter Diana with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Malzahar vs. Diana counter stats that may help you understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Diana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Diana..
Malzahar usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes less damage than Diana. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Diana
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Diana?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when taking on Diana, with a 48.6% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a bad counter to Diana.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate compared to Diana, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Diana.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Diana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Diana matchups, Diana is the better champ with a lower 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 to Diana. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Diana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Diana during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average accumulates more CS as Diana. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malzahar versus Diana build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Cryptbloom. When Malzahar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Diana than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Diana with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Diana as Malzahar, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Malzahar vs Diana matchups, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.6% win rate overall.
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