Malzahar vs Zoe
How to Beat Zoe as Malzahar
based on 1,706 Malzahar vs Zoe matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Zoe Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Zoe Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zoe as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Zoe
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 Zoe
Zoe's Paddle Star deals more damage the further it has flown.
Sleepy Trouble Bubble travels further over walls. Stop Zoe from hiding in fog of war to prevent her from setting the spell up.
Zoe must return to her starting point after casting Portal Jump, making her vulnerable to a counterattack.
Malzahar vs Zoe Counter Stats
How to Counter Zoe with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some critical Malzahar vs. Zoe counter stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zoe’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zoe..
Malzahar usually has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Zoe. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Zoe
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Zoe?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against Zoe, with a 56.5% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a fantastic counter to Zoe.
While Malzahar does have a much higher win rate than Zoe, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Zoe.
Furthermore, Malzahar also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zoe. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Zoe 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 late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter for Zoe. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Zoe.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar to counter Zoe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, 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 as Zoe. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Zoe build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Zoe than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 56.5% when playing against Zoe with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Zoe as Malzahar, Malzahar players 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 rune builds we have analyed for Malzahar vs Zoe matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 56.5% winrate overall.
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