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How to Win Malzahar vs Singed Counter MatchupMalzahar is in the a tier of champions

Malzahar vs Singed

How to Beat Singed as Malzahar in LoLMalzahar is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Singed as Malzahar

based on 2,859 Malzahar vs Singed matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.1
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our dataset, Malzahar faced Singed in 2859 rounds. With so many games with Malzahar versus Singed gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide informative statistics and a recommended build to crush your rival. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Malzahar has to counter Singed in only 2.3% of his games.

Malzahar vs Singed Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Malzahar does a pathetic job of countering Singed. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.8% of the time the champs fight one another in. In Malzahar versus Singed games, Malzahar’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely won't be able to get first blood versus Singed.

Best Malzahar vs Singed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceMalignanceLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameRylai's Crystal ScepterRabadon's DeathcapZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Malzahar to level upe
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Second ability for Malzahar to level upq
>
Last skill for Malzahar to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Malzahar's passive ability p
Malzahar's q ability q
Malzahar's w ability w
Malzahar's e ability e
Malzahar's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Singed as Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Singed

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 Singed

Keep your distance to avoid being Flung back into Singed's allies.

Singed needs to run close to your team to be effective. Try to take advantage of this by using crowd control effects on him while attacking his allies.

Be careful when chasing Singed. He's very difficult to bring down, and can leave his Poison Trail to damage you in your pursuit.

Malzahar vs Singed Counter Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Singed Image
5.1
< Kills >
4.9
5.9
< Deaths >
6.6
7.3
< Assists >
7.9
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.1
202
< Minions Killed >
188
0.1
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.53
< Inhibitors >
0.41
626
< Physical Damage >
917
21,047
< Magic Damage >
20,607
437
< True Damage >
541
22,112
< Damage Dealt >
22,065
19,362
< Damage Taken >
33,923
12,284
< Gold Earned >
12,004
2.19
< Towers >
1.94
0.03
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
1,577
< Total Healing >
5,914
15,513
< Experience >
15,788
20
< Vision Score >
18
10
< Wards Placed >
9
421
< Time Dealing CC >
514

How to Counter Singed with Malzahar in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore several significant Malzahar against Singed counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Singed’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Singed..

Malzahar often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Singed. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Malzahar and Singed

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Singed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Malzahar
Singed

Who is Better, Malzahar or Singed?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when facing off against Singed, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a bad counter for Singed.

While Malzahar does have a lower win rate compared to Singed, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Malzahar into Singed.

Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Singed. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Singed matchups, Singed is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Malzahar is a trash counter for Singed. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Singed.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar vs Singed Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Singed as Malzahar, we analyzed 2,859 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Singed as Malzahar comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Singed during both the early game 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 suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Malzahar usually racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Singed. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Malzahar versus Singed build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Singed than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when countering Singed with this counter build.

To have the best chance of beating Singed 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. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Malzahar vs Singed face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.8% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Singed as Malzahar are presented for all ranked divisions. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.