Malzahar vs Viktor
How to Beat Viktor as Malzahar
based on 2,000 Malzahar vs Viktor matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Viktor Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Viktor Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Viktor as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Viktor
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 Viktor
Be careful about how close you let Viktor get to you. Viktor's control of the battlefield increases with his proximity to his opponent.
Be aware of how many augments Viktor has upgraded by looking at the color of the light on his staff (purple, yellow, blue, red).
Malzahar vs Viktor Counter Stats
How to Counter Viktor with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several strategic Malzahar versus Viktor counter statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Viktor’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Viktor..
Malzahar usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Viktor. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Viktor
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Viktor?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when taking on Viktor, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Viktor.
While Malzahar does have a lower win rate compared to Viktor, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Viktor.
Additionally, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Viktor. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Viktor matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Viktor. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Viktor.
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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 Viktor during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Viktor. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Malzahar versus Viktor build consist of Malignance, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs. Viktor than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 49.5% when countering Viktor with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Viktor 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. Of all the rune sets players used for Malzahar vs Viktor clashes, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.5% winrate overall.
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