Malzahar vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Malzahar
based on 772 Malzahar vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Malzahar vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Malzahar vs. Nidalee counter stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nidalee..
Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nidalee. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Nidalee?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when trying to fight Nidalee, with a 56.1% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a fantastic counter for Nidalee.
While Malzahar does have a much higher win rate compared to Nidalee, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Nidalee.
Moreover, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Nidalee 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 late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter to Nidalee. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar usually accumulates much more CS relative to Nidalee. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Malzahar versus Nidalee build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Nidalee than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 56.1% when countering Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Nidalee as Malzahar, Malzahar players 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 we have analyed for Malzahar vs Nidalee LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 56.1% win rate overall.
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