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How to Win Trundle vs Malzahar Counter MatchupTrundle is in the s tier of champions

Trundle vs Malzahar

How to Beat Malzahar as Trundle in LoLTrundle is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Malzahar as Trundle

based on 7,921 Trundle vs Malzahar matchups
Win Rate
54.1 %
K/D/A
1.79
Pick Rate
3.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League of Legends matches that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Malzahar as Trundle came out of an analysis of 7921 ranked matches where both champions faced off against one another. This particular champion matchup is somewhat rare. Trundle encounters Malzahar in only 3.3% of his rounds.

Trundle vs Malzahar Matchup Summary

Trundle has done a great job of beating Malzahar. Normally, he wins a terrific 54.1% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Trundle versus Malzahar games, Trundle’s team is 0.2% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood against Malzahar.

Best Trundle vs Malzahar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordSheen

Core Trundle Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceWit's EndHullbreaker

Optional Items

Frozen HeartSundered SkyRavenous HydraSterak's Gage

Summoner Spells

summonerhaste summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Trundle to level upq
>
Second ability for Trundle to level upw
>
Last skill for Trundle to max oute

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearApproach Velocity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Trundle's passive ability p
Trundle's q ability q
Trundle's w ability w
Trundle's e ability e
Trundle's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Trundle

Tips for Playing as Trundle against Malzahar

Use Subjugate to soften a powerful enemy tank or to create a target for your team to focus fire.

Trundle excels at fighting within his Frozen Domain. Try to draw enemies onto it.

Chomp is good for lowering the physical damage of enemies; try to focus it on enemy physical damage dealers.

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.

Trundle vs Malzahar Counter Stats

Trundle Image
Win Rate
54.1 %
VS
Win Rate
45.9 %
Malzahar Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.1
6.2
< Deaths >
5.3
5.5
< Assists >
7.3
1.28
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
145
< Minions Killed >
199
0.51
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.85
< Inhibitors >
0.51
15,613
< Physical Damage >
612
2,341
< Magic Damage >
20,916
526
< True Damage >
403
18,481
< Damage Dealt >
21,931
36,726
< Damage Taken >
17,682
12,594
< Gold Earned >
12,015
3.46
< Towers >
2.2
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
17,153
< Total Healing >
1,475
14,879
< Experience >
15,232
18
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
10
354
< Time Dealing CC >
409

How to Counter Malzahar with Trundle in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Trundle versus Malzahar counter statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between the two. Trundle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Trundle may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..

Trundle typically has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Trundle and Malzahar

Damage Types Compared

Trundle
Malzahar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Trundle
Malzahar

Who is Better, Trundle or Malzahar?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Trundle usually wins when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 54.1% win rate. Therefore, Trundle makes a great counter for Malzahar.

While Trundle does have a much higher win rate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Trundle also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Trundle into Malzahar.

Furthermore, Trundle also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Trundle vs Malzahar matchups, Trundle is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Trundle is a great counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Trundle against Malzahar.

Additional Information for Trundle Players

How We Calculated Our Trundle vs Malzahar Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Malzahar as Trundle, we analyzed 7,921 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Malzahar as Trundle comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Trundle in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Trundle typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Trundle versus Malzahar build consist of Trinity Force, Wit's End, and Hullbreaker. When Trundle used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Malzahar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Trundle boasted an average win rate of 54.1% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Malzahar as Trundle, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Approach Velocity, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Trundle vs Malzahar LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 54.1% win rate overall.

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