Malzahar vs Sivir
How to Beat Sivir as Malzahar
based on 1,887 Malzahar vs Sivir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Sivir Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Sivir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sivir as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Sivir
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 Sivir
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
Malzahar vs Sivir Counter Stats
How to Counter Sivir with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some influential Malzahar vs. Sivir counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sivir’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sivir..
Malzahar normally has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Sivir. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, 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 Sivir
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Sivir?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when playing against Sivir, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Sivir.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate than Sivir, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Sivir.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Sivir matchups, Sivir is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Sivir. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Sivir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sivir. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Sivir build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Sivir than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Sivir with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Sivir as Malzahar, Malzahar players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Malzahar vs Sivir clashes, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% win rate overall.
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