Malzahar vs Lux
How to Beat Lux as Malzahar
based on 12,745 Malzahar vs Lux matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Lux Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Lux Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lux as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Lux
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 Lux
When retreating with low health, be prepared to dodge Lux's Final Spark, a red targeting beam fires prior to the main beam, so try to move to the side if possible.
Lux has powerful zone control abilities. Try to spread out and attack from different directions so she cannot lock down a specific area.
Malzahar vs Lux Counter Stats
How to Counter Lux with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here show some influential Malzahar versus Lux matchup stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lux’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Lux..
Malzahar often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Lux. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Lux?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when taking on Lux, with a 50.5% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Lux.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate than Lux, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Lux.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Lux. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Lux matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malzahar is a decent counter to Lux. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Lux.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Lux during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average picks up more CS as Lux. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Lux build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Lux than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Lux with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Lux as Malzahar, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Malzahar vs Lux fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
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