Malzahar vs Rumble
How to Beat Rumble as Malzahar
based on 1,960 Malzahar vs Rumble matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Rumble Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Rumble Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rumble as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Rumble
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 Rumble
Rumble deals almost entirely magic damage. Build some Magic Resistance to reduce his damage.
Watch Rumble's Heat bar carefully. If you see him Overheat, go in for the kill while his skills are disabled.
Rumble's ultimate can deal a lot of damage if you stay inside the area of effect. When you see the missiles falling, move out of the way as quickly as possible.
Malzahar vs Rumble Counter Stats
How to Counter Rumble with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Malzahar versus Rumble matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rumble’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rumble..
Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Rumble. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Rumble
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Rumble?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when playing against Rumble, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a poor counter to Rumble.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate than Rumble, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Malzahar into Rumble.
Moreover, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rumble. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Rumble matchups, Rumble is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a trash counter for Rumble. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Rumble.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Rumble 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 mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rumble. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Rumble build consist of Malignance, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Rumble than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 48.0% battling Rumble with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Rumble 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 that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Rumble matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.
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