Warwick vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Warwick
based on 2,332 Warwick vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Malzahar
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
Advice to Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Warwick vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Warwick in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Warwick against Malzahar counter statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Warwick typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Warwick and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Warwick or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually loses when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 47.7% win rate. Therefore, Warwick makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Warwick does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Warwick also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Warwick into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Warwick has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Warwick 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 allies during teamfights.
Warwick is a bad counter for Malzahar. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Warwick against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Warwick 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Warwick versus Malzahar build include Divine Sunderer, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Malzahar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Warwick had an average win rate of 47.7% when countering Malzahar with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Malzahar as Warwick, Warwick players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Warwick vs Malzahar LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Malzahar as Warwick are given for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.