Malzahar vs Urgot
How to Beat Urgot as Malzahar
based on 2,268 Malzahar vs Urgot matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Urgot Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Urgot Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Urgot as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Urgot
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 Urgot
If you are struck by Fear Beyond Death, do your best to avoid falling below the execution threshold (25% of your Maximum Health) until the effect times out.
Urgot relies heavily on blasting opponents with his legs, which have their own cooldowns and only detonate when he attacks in the direction they are facing. Avoid getting hit by multiple.
Urgot can deal and absorb tremendous amounts of damage with Purge, but slows himself while firing.
Malzahar vs Urgot Counter Stats
How to Counter Urgot with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some important Malzahar against Urgot matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Urgot’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Urgot..
Malzahar normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Urgot. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Urgot
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Urgot?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Urgot, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Urgot.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate compared to Urgot, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Urgot.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Urgot. 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 in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Urgot matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Malzahar is a decent counter for Urgot. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Urgot.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Urgot during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Urgot. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS 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 a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Malzahar versus Urgot build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Urgot than with most other common builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 50.7% battling Urgot with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Urgot as Malzahar, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Malzahar vs Urgot clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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