Malzahar vs Ezreal
How to Beat Ezreal as Malzahar
based on 7,236 Malzahar vs Ezreal matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Ezreal Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Ezreal Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ezreal as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Ezreal
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 Ezreal
Ezreal is a very fragile champion so take the fight to him.
Ezreal is completely skill shot based, so make sure to keep minions in between you.
Mystic Shot applies on-hit effects including the Crest of Cinders.
Malzahar vs Ezreal Counter Stats
How to Counter Ezreal with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here show some important Malzahar vs. Ezreal matchup stats that can help us figure out the differences between these two champions. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Ezreal’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Ezreal..
Malzahar usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ezreal. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Ezreal
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Ezreal?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when taking on Ezreal, with a 53.3% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a great counter to Ezreal.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate compared to Ezreal, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Ezreal.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ezreal. 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 Ezreal matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter for Ezreal. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Ezreal.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Ezreal during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Ezreal. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Malzahar versus Ezreal build consist of Malignance, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Ezreal than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 53.3% when countering Ezreal with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Ezreal as Malzahar, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Malzahar vs Ezreal face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.3% winrate overall.
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