Ryze vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Ryze
based on 1,065 Ryze vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Malzahar
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
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.
Ryze vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several critical Ryze versus Malzahar matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between these two champions. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Ryze typically has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Ryze or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually loses when playing against Malzahar, with a 43.7% win rate. Therefore, Ryze makes a bad counter to Malzahar.
While Ryze does have a much lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Ryze also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Ryze into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Ryze also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Ryze is a terribly counter for Malzahar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Ryze in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Ryze versus Malzahar build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Malzahar than with most other typical builds. In fact, Ryze had an average win rate of 43.7% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Malzahar as Ryze, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Ryze vs Malzahar counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 43.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Malzahar as Ryze are presented for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.