Xerath vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Xerath
based on 5,079 Xerath vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Malzahar
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Xerath vs. Malzahar matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Xerath often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Xerath or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xerath usually wins when taking on Malzahar, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter to Malzahar.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Xerath also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Xerath into Malzaharas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Malzahar matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xerath against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually accumulates less CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Xerath versus Malzahar build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Shadowflame. When Xerath included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Malzahar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Malzahar as Xerath, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Xerath vs Malzahar fights, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
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