Ziggs vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Ziggs
based on 2,003 Ziggs vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Malzahar
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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.
Ziggs vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Ziggs in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Ziggs vs. Malzahar counter stats that may help you distinguish the differences between these two champs. Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Ziggs usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ziggs and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 46.9% win rate. Therefore, Ziggs makes a bad counter for Malzahar.
While Ziggs does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Ziggs also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Ziggs into Malzahar.
Additionally, Ziggs 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Ziggs is a bad counter to Malzahar. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ziggs against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ziggs in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning 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 stats shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Ziggs versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Ziggs boasted an average winrate of 46.9% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the highest probability of crushing Malzahar as Ziggs, Ziggs players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Ziggs vs Malzahar counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.9% win rate overall.
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