Quinn vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Quinn
based on 1,602 Quinn vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Quinn vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Quinn vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Quinn
Tips for Playing as Quinn against Malzahar
Attacking a
Vulnerable
target marked by Valor will put Harrier on cooldown. Quickly consuming Harrier marks will allow you to generate them faster.
Use Behind Enemy Lines for traveling very long distances quickly, for farming minions around the map, or for chasing wounded targets.
Vault is powerful but must be used with caution, as enemies can attack Quinn when she strikes them. Vault can sometimes be used to cross terrain if your back is to a wall.
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.
Quinn vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Quinn in LoL
The stats shown here feature several vital Quinn vs. Malzahar counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Quinn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Quinn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Quinn typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Quinn and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Quinn or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Quinn usually loses when playing against Malzahar, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Quinn makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Quinn does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Quinn also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Quinn into Malzahar.
Additionally, Quinn has almost no 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Quinn 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.
Quinn is a trash counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Quinn against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Quinn to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Quinn most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Quinn versus Malzahar build consist of Lord Dominik's Regards, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Quinn incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better when fighting Malzahar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Quinn boasted an average win rate of 47.6% when countering Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Malzahar as Quinn, Quinn players should equip the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Quinn vs Malzahar counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 47.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malzahar as Quinn are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.