Neeko vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Neeko
based on 3,571 Neeko vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Neeko vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Neeko vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Neeko
Tips for Playing as Neeko against Malzahar
You can set her passive to use hotkeys in the options menu. The default is Shift+F1~F5
Try to use Inherent Glamour sparingly, ineffective uses will put enemies on the alert.
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.
Neeko vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Neeko in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some significant Neeko vs. Malzahar matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between these two champions. Neeko’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Neeko may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Neeko typically has a similar longest kill spree as her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Neeko and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Neeko or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Neeko usually loses when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Neeko makes a bad counter to Malzahar.
While Neeko does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Neeko also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Neeko into Malzahar.
Additionally, Neeko also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Neeko vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Neeko is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Neeko against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Neeko to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Neeko most often gets less CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Neeko versus Malzahar build include Cryptbloom, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Neeko combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Malzahar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Neeko had an average win rate of 48.7% battling Malzahar with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating Malzahar as Neeko, Neeko players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Neeko vs Malzahar LoL games, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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