Malzahar vs Thresh
How to Beat Thresh as Malzahar
based on 4,476 Malzahar vs Thresh matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Thresh Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Thresh Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Thresh as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Thresh
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 Thresh
Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.
Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.
Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.
Malzahar vs Thresh Counter Stats
How to Counter Thresh with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here feature several important Malzahar against Thresh counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between this pair of champs. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Thresh. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Malzahar usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes less damage than Thresh. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Thresh
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Thresh?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Thresh, with a 52.5% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a good counter to Thresh.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate than Thresh, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Thresh.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Thresh. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Thresh matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Malzahar is a good counter to Thresh. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Thresh.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Thresh during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often gets much more CS relative to Thresh. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Thresh build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Thresh than with many other typical builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when countering Thresh with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Thresh as Malzahar, Malzahar players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Thresh battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.5% win rate overall.
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