Malzahar vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Malzahar
based on 3,172 Malzahar vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Malzahar vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here show some important Malzahar versus Nami matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between this pair of champions. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nami. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Malzahar normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nami. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Nami
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Nami?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Nami, with a 51.5% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a good counter for Nami.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Nami.
Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Nami matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a decent counter to Nami. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Nami during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average racks up much more CS relative to Nami. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Malzahar versus Nami build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Nami than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 51.5% battling Nami with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Nami as Malzahar, you should take 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 players picked for Malzahar vs Nami face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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