Malzahar vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Malzahar
based on 2,902 Malzahar vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Malzahar vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Malzahar vs. Soraka counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Soraka. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Malzahar typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Soraka
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Soraka, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate compared to Soraka, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Soraka.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Soraka matchups, Soraka 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 decent counter to Soraka. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often accumulates much more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Malzahar versus Soraka build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Soraka than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 50.0% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Soraka as Malzahar, Malzahar players 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 players picked for Malzahar vs Soraka battles, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
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