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How to Win Malzahar vs Miss Fortune Counter MatchupMalzahar is in the a tier of champions

Malzahar vs Miss Fortune

How to Beat Miss Fortune as Malzahar in LoLMalzahar is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Miss Fortune as Malzahar

based on 16,965 Malzahar vs Miss Fortune matchups
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
2.12
Pick Rate
13.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Miss Fortune as Malzahar resulted from an examination of 16965 ranked games where both champions battled one another. This particular counter pairing is somewhat common. Malzahar has to counter Miss Fortune in 13.8% of his rounds.

Malzahar vs Miss Fortune Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Malzahar does a pathetic job of beating Miss Fortune. Normally, he wins a lowly 46.1% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Malzahar against Miss Fortune matches, Malzahar’s side is 0.2% less expected to obtain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't get first blood against Miss Fortune.

Best Malzahar vs Miss Fortune Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Sapphire CrystalHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Fiendish CodexLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceLiandry's TormentLuden's Companion

Optional Items

ShadowflameRabadon's DeathcapCryptbloomRylai's Crystal Scepter

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Malzahar to level upe
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Second ability for Malzahar to level upq
>
Last skill for Malzahar to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationFuture's MarketCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Malzahar's passive ability p
Malzahar's q ability q
Malzahar's w ability w
Malzahar's e ability e
Malzahar's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Miss Fortune as Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Miss Fortune

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 Miss Fortune

Miss Fortune's speed boost is removed if she is damaged by an enemy.

Miss Fortune is easy to kill if you can reach her; target her first in team fights.

Malzahar vs Miss Fortune Counter Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
Miss Fortune Image
5.2
< Kills >
8.5
5.8
< Deaths >
5.9
7.1
< Assists >
7.1
1.2
< Killing Sprees >
1.93
201
< Minions Killed >
177
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.55
592
< Physical Damage >
21,086
21,176
< Magic Damage >
1,271
404
< True Damage >
1,011
22,173
< Damage Dealt >
23,369
18,900
< Damage Taken >
20,043
12,269
< Gold Earned >
13,195
2.22
< Towers >
2.54
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
1,580
< Total Healing >
4,805
15,421
< Experience >
13,324
20
< Vision Score >
20
10
< Wards Placed >
10
412
< Time Dealing CC >
166

How to Counter Miss Fortune with Malzahar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore some important Malzahar versus Miss Fortune matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Miss Fortune’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Miss Fortune..

Malzahar often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Miss Fortune. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Malzahar and Miss Fortune

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Miss Fortune
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Malzahar
Miss Fortune

Who is Better, Malzahar or Miss Fortune?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when playing against Miss Fortune, with a 46.1% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a bad counter to Miss Fortune.

While Malzahar does have a lower win rate compared to Miss Fortune, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Malzahar into Miss Fortune.

Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Miss Fortune. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Miss Fortune matchups, Miss Fortune is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Malzahar is a trash counter for Miss Fortune. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Miss Fortune.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar vs Miss Fortune Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Miss Fortune as Malzahar, we analyzed 16,965 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Miss Fortune as Malzahar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Miss Fortune during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Malzahar usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Miss Fortune. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The top items to have in your Malzahar versus Miss Fortune build include Seraph's Embrace, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Miss Fortune than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 46.1% battling Miss Fortune with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Miss Fortune as Malzahar, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Future's Market, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Malzahar vs Miss Fortune counterpicks, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.1% win rate overall.

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