Viktor vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Viktor
based on 2,000 Viktor vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Malzahar
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several significant Viktor against Malzahar matchup stats that can help us understand the distinctions between the pair. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Viktor often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Viktor or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Viktor usually fairs equally well when playing against Malzahar, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Viktor does have a higher win rate compared to Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Viktor also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Viktor into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Viktor has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This 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 Viktor vs Malzahar matchups, Viktor is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Viktor is a decent counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor usually gets a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Viktor versus Malzahar build include Lich Bane, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Malzahar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Viktor had an average win rate of 50.6% battling Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Malzahar as Viktor, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Viktor vs Malzahar fights, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Malzahar as Viktor are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.