Malzahar vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Malzahar
based on 5,235 Malzahar vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Zyra
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 Zyra
Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.
Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.
Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.
Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.
Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.
Malzahar vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Malzahar against Zyra matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Zyra..
Malzahar normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Zyra. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Zyra
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Zyra?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when playing against Zyra, with a 47.6% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a bad counter to Zyra.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate than Zyra, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Malzahar into Zyra.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a lower 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 trash counter for Zyra. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar most often picks up much more CS relative to Zyra. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Malzahar versus Zyra build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Zyra than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Zyra with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Zyra as Malzahar, Malzahar players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Malzahar vs Zyra battles, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.6% win rate overall.
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