Udyr vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Udyr
based on 3,589 Udyr vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Udyr vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Udyr vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Udyr
Tips for Playing as Udyr against Malzahar
Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.
Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.
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.
Udyr vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Udyr in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some critical Udyr vs. Malzahar counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Udyr’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Udyr may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar..
Udyr usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Udyr and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Udyr or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Udyr usually fairs equally well when taking on Malzahar, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Udyr makes an ok counter to Malzahar.
While Udyr does have a higher winrate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Udyr also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Udyr into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Udyr also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Udyr vs Malzahar matchups, Udyr is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Udyr is a decent counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Udyr against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Udyr in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Udyr typically accumulates less CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Udyr versus Malzahar build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Force of Nature. When Udyr bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Malzahar than with most other common builds. In fact, Udyr had an average win rate of 50.7% battling Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Malzahar as Udyr, Udyr players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Approach Velocity, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Udyr vs Malzahar clashes, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.
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