Malzahar vs Olaf
How to Beat Olaf as Malzahar
based on 1,265 Malzahar vs Olaf matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Olaf Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Olaf Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Olaf as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Olaf
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 Olaf
Olaf has reduced defenses from damage during Ragnarok, despite being immune to disables. If you can't escape from Olaf during Ragnarok, try focusing your damage on him with your teammates.
Olaf becomes more dangerous the lower life he is. Save your disables to finish him off.
Preventing Olaf from reaching his axe will minimize the amount of harassment he can cause in the laning phase.
Malzahar vs Olaf Counter Stats
How to Counter Olaf with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several vital Malzahar vs. Olaf counter stats that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Olaf’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Olaf..
Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Olaf. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Olaf
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Olaf?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Olaf, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Olaf.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate compared to Olaf, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Olaf.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Olaf. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Olaf matchups, Malzahar is the better champ 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 Olaf. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Olaf.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Olaf during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Olaf. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Olaf build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Void Staff, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Olaf than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 50.4% battling Olaf with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Olaf 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. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Olaf matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Olaf as Malzahar are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.