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

Malzahar vs Taric

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

based on 1,233 Malzahar vs Taric matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.37
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends games every week. Within our database, Malzahar did battle with Taric 1233 times. Having so many games with Malzahar versus Taric provides us confidence in our capacity to provide informative stats and a pro build to suppress Taric. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Malzahar is forced to battle against Taric in only 1.0% of his matches.

Malzahar vs Taric Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Malzahar has done a below average job of countering Taric. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.5% of matches the champions face one another in. In Malzahar versus Taric rounds, Malzahar’s team is 0.2% less expected to get first blood. This indicates that he probably won't be able to get first blood versus Taric.

Best Malzahar vs Taric Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Malzahar Items

~22 Mins
MalignanceVoid StaffLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rylai's Crystal ScepterZhonya's HourglassSeraph's EmbraceLuden's Companion

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
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Last skill for Malzahar to max outw

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
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
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E
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R
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E
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Guide to Countering Taric as Malzahar

Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Taric

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 Taric

Taric reduces his spell cooldowns by basic attacking enemies with Bravado. Try to kite him in teamfights and punish him for approaching the minion wave in lane.

Taric's ultimate, Cosmic Radiance, has a long delay before its effect. Try to quickly assess whether to disengage the fight or attempt to kill his allies before it goes off.

Malzahar vs Taric Counter Stats

Malzahar Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Taric Image
5.1
< Kills >
2.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.7
7.7
< Assists >
14.3
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
0.39
194
< Minions Killed >
37
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.17
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.54
617
< Physical Damage >
2,090
21,341
< Magic Damage >
4,613
374
< True Damage >
714
22,333
< Damage Dealt >
7,418
17,284
< Damage Taken >
23,368
11,821
< Gold Earned >
8,666
2.37
< Towers >
2.31
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
1,351
< Total Healing >
11,892
14,667
< Experience >
10,719
19
< Vision Score >
47
9
< Wards Placed >
20
405
< Time Dealing CC >
393

How to Counter Taric with Malzahar in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several strategic Malzahar vs. Taric counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Taric’s ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Taric..

Malzahar typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes less damage than Taric. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Malzahar and Taric

Damage Types Compared

Malzahar
Taric
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Malzahar
Taric

Who is Better, Malzahar or Taric?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when playing against Taric, with a 47.5% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a poor counter to Taric.

While Malzahar does have a lower win rate than Taric, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Malzahar into Taric.

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

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

Malzahar is a garbage counter for Taric. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Taric.

Additional Information for Malzahar Players

How We Calculated Our Malzahar vs Taric Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Taric as Malzahar, we analyzed 1,233 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 Taric 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

To truly master Malzahar in order to counter Taric during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Malzahar most often racks up much more CS compared to Taric. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Malzahar versus Taric build include Malignance, Void Staff, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Taric than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Taric with this counter build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Taric 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. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Taric matchups, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.

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