Malzahar vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Malzahar
based on 2,865 Malzahar vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Malzahar vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here show several important Malzahar vs. Nunu & Willump counter statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Malzahar often has a similar longest killing spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 54.4% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a great counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Malzahar does have a much higher win rate than Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malzahar is a great counter for Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game 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 pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar typically gets much more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Malzahar versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Malignance, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 54.4% when playing against Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Nunu & Willump as Malzahar, you should use 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 combinations players used for Malzahar vs Nunu & Willump fights, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.4% winrate overall.
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