Sett vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Sett
based on 3,582 Sett vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sett vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Sett vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Sett
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.
Sett vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Sett in LoL
The stats shown here feature some important Sett versus Malzahar matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Sett’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sett may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Sett often has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sett and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Sett or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sett usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Sett makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Sett does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Sett also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sett into Malzahar.
Moreover, Sett has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sett vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sett is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sett against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sett to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sett usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Sett versus Malzahar build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Titanic Hydra. When Sett bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Malzahar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Sett had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Malzahar as Sett, Sett players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sett vs Malzahar counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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