Zeri vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Zeri
based on 1,163 Zeri vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zeri vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Zeri vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Zeri
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.
Zeri vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Zeri in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several vital Zeri against Malzahar counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Zeri usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their foe does. On average, they takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Zeri and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Zeri or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when taking on Malzahar, with a 43.7% win rate. Therefore, Zeri makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Zeri does have a much lower winrate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Zeri also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Zeri into Malzahar.
Additionally, Zeri also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Zeri is a terribly counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zeri against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zeri 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 suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zeri often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Zeri versus Malzahar build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Experimental Hexplate, and Runaan's Hurricane. When Zeri included at least these three items in their build, they performed significantly better vs. Malzahar than with most other common builds. In fact, Zeri boasted an average winrate of 43.7% when countering Malzahar with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Malzahar as Zeri, Zeri players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zeri vs Malzahar battles, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 43.7% winrate overall.
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