Malzahar vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Malzahar
based on 1,883 Malzahar vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Gragas Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Gragas Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Gragas
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 Gragas
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Malzahar vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here clarify several strategic Malzahar vs. Gragas matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gragas..
Malzahar often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. On average, he takes less damage than Gragas. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Gragas?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Gragas, with a 55.5% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a fantastic counter to Gragas.
While Malzahar does have a much higher winrate compared to Gragas, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Gragas.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gragas. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Gragas matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter to Gragas. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Gragas during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often picks up more CS as Gragas. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Malzahar versus Gragas build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Gragas than with most other common builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 55.5% when countering Gragas with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Gragas as Malzahar, Malzahar players 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 combinations we have analyed for Malzahar vs Gragas matchups, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 55.5% win rate overall.
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