Vayne vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Vayne
based on 6,543 Vayne vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vayne vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Vayne vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Vayne
Tips for Playing as Vayne against Malzahar
Don't go in first to a large teamfight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Tumble has many uses, but it cannot pass over walls.
Condemn can be used to both pin targets to walls to ensure a kill, or to escape a pursuer.
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.
Vayne vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Vayne in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several strategic Vayne versus Malzahar counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. Vayne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Vayne may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Vayne normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vayne and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Vayne or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vayne usually fairs equally well when taking on Malzahar, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Vayne makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Vayne does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Vayne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Vayne into Malzaharas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Vayne also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vayne vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vayne is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vayne against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vayne in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vayne often racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Vayne versus Malzahar build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Mercurial Scimitar, and Kraken Slayer. When Vayne included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better versus Malzahar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Vayne boasted an average winrate of 49.4% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Malzahar as Vayne, Vayne players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Vayne vs Malzahar battles, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
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