Rammus vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Rammus
based on 2,306 Rammus vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Rammus vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Rammus vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Rammus
Tips for Playing as Rammus against Malzahar
Powerball can be used as an effective escape mechanism.
Tremors and Defensive Ball Curl can be used late in the game to obliterate towers. If you're bogged down in a team fight, it is often valuable to break off and attack the buildings.
Using taunt on a champion by your tower can cause the tower to attack your enemy.
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.
Rammus vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Rammus in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some significant Rammus against Malzahar counter statistics that can help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. Rammus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rammus may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Rammus typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Rammus and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Rammus or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rammus usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Rammus makes an ok counter to Malzahar.
While Rammus does have a higher win rate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Rammus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Rammus into Malzahar.
Additionally, Rammus has a great deal of CC and other utility, 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 is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rammus vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Rammus is a decent counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Rammus against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Rammus to counter Malzahar during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Rammus typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Rammus versus Malzahar build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Rammus included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Malzahar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Rammus boasted an average winrate of 50.0% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Malzahar as Rammus, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Rammus vs Malzahar counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.0% win rate overall.
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