Malzahar vs Yuumi
How to Beat Yuumi as Malzahar
based on 2,762 Malzahar vs Yuumi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Yuumi Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Yuumi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yuumi as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Yuumi
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.
Malzahar vs Yuumi Counter Stats
How to Counter Yuumi with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several important Malzahar versus Yuumi counter statistics that can help you figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yuumi’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Yuumi. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Malzahar often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Yuumi. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Yuumi
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Yuumi?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Yuumi, with a 58.6% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a fantastic counter to Yuumi.
While Malzahar does have a much higher win rate compared to Yuumi, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Yuumi.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yuumi. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Yuumi matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter for Yuumi. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Yuumi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Yuumi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average gets much more CS compared to Yuumi. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Yuumi build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when facing Yuumi than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 58.6% battling Yuumi with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Yuumi as Malzahar, Malzahar players should equip 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 Yuumi counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 58.6% win rate overall.
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