Malzahar vs Elise
How to Beat Elise as Malzahar
based on 754 Malzahar vs Elise matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Elise Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Elise Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Elise as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Elise
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 Elise
Rappel has a long cooldown. Elise is vulnerable after she has used it.
Elise's Spider Form is more dangerous when you are at low health, and her Human Form more potent when you are at high health.
Rappel will only move Elise straight up and down unless she can descend upon an enemy unit.
Malzahar vs Elise Counter Stats
How to Counter Elise with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some important Malzahar vs. Elise matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Elise’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Elise..
Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Elise. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Elise
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Elise?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when taking on Elise, with a 53.8% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a great counter to Elise.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate than Elise, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Elise.
Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Elise. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Elise matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malzahar is a great counter to Elise. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Elise.
Other Champion Matchups Against Malzahar
Additional Information for Malzahar Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Elise during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar typically picks up much more CS relative to Elise. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Elise build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Elise than with most other common builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 53.8% battling Elise with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of beating Elise 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 Elise clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 53.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Elise as Malzahar are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.