Malzahar vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Malzahar
based on 4,637 Malzahar vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Malzahar vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize several significant Malzahar vs. Varus matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Varus..
Malzahar usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Varus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Varus
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Varus?
Both LoL 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 Varus, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate than Varus, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Varus.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Varus matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a decent counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Varus during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Varus. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Malzahar versus Varus build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Shadowflame, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Varus than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 50.2% battling Varus with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Varus as Malzahar, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Malzahar vs Varus counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
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