Malzahar vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Malzahar
based on 3,806 Malzahar vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Malzahar vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several critical Malzahar against Vladimir matchup stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Vladimir..
Malzahar typically has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Vladimir. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Vladimir?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Vladimir, with a 54.4% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a great counter for Vladimir.
While Malzahar does have a much higher win rate compared to Vladimir, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Vladimir.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Vladimir matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter to Vladimir. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malzahar in order to counter Vladimir during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Vladimir. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Malzahar versus Vladimir build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Morellonomicon, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Vladimir than with many other common builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 54.4% when countering Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Vladimir as Malzahar, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Malzahar vs Vladimir counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.4% winrate overall.
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