Nasus vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Nasus
based on 3,731 Nasus vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nasus vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Nasus vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Nasus
Tips for Playing as Nasus against Malzahar
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
Advice to Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Nasus vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Nasus in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Nasus against Malzahar counter stats that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Nasus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nasus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Nasus often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nasus and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Nasus or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nasus usually loses when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Nasus makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Nasus does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Nasus also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Nasus into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Nasus also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nasus vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nasus is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nasus against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nasus in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nasus often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Nasus versus Malzahar build include Spirit Visage, Frozen Heart, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Malzahar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 48.4% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Malzahar as Nasus, Nasus players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Nasus vs Malzahar counterpicks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
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