Malzahar vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Malzahar
based on 3,403 Malzahar vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Vi
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 Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Malzahar vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here show several significant Malzahar vs. Vi matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vi’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vi..
Malzahar normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Vi. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Vi
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Vi?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vi, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Vi.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate compared to Vi, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Vi.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vi. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, 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 Vi matchups, Vi is the better champ 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 somewhat poor counter to Vi. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Vi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Vi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often accumulates much more CS relative to Vi. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Malzahar versus Vi build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Malignance. When Malzahar combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Vi than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Vi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Vi as Malzahar, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Malzahar vs Vi counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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