What are some tips for the Malzahar vs. Ahri matchup?

Ahri is really tough early. Avoid trading unless it's completely free and focus on staying healthy. She can match your push very well. You scale well against her, as you can lock her down with your ultimate, negating her mobility.

How do you play Malzahar into Ahri?

Ahri is really tough early. Avoid trading unless it's completely free and focus on staying healthy. She can match your push very well. You scale well against her, as you can lock her down with your ultimate, negating her mobility.

Who wins the Malzahar vs. Ahri matchup?

Based on our data, this matchup is undefined Ahri. A key tip is: Ahri is really tough early. Avoid trading unless it's completely free and focus on staying healthy. She can match your push very well. You scale well against her, as you can lock her down with your ultimate, negating her mobility.

How do you counter Malzahar as Ahri?

Ahri is really tough early. Avoid trading unless it's completely free and focus on staying healthy. She can match your push very well. You scale well against her, as you can lock her down with your ultimate, negating her mobility.

What are some tips for the Malzahar vs. Syndra matchup?

This is a tricky matchup. You need good movement to avoid being controlled. Try to bait her spells as best you can and spawn voidlings to match her push when her abilities are on cooldown. Her stun can buffer through your ultimate, so be careful.

How do you play Malzahar into Syndra?

This is a tricky matchup. You need good movement to avoid being controlled. Try to bait her spells as best you can and spawn voidlings to match her push when her abilities are on cooldown. Her stun can buffer through your ultimate, so be careful.

Who wins the Malzahar vs. Syndra matchup?

Based on our data, this matchup is undefined Syndra. A key tip is: This is a tricky matchup. You need good movement to avoid being controlled. Try to bait her spells as best you can and spawn voidlings to match her push when her abilities are on cooldown. Her stun can buffer through your ultimate, so be careful.

How do you counter Malzahar as Syndra?

This is a tricky matchup. You need good movement to avoid being controlled. Try to bait her spells as best you can and spawn voidlings to match her push when her abilities are on cooldown. Her stun can buffer through your ultimate, so be careful.

What are some tips for the Malzahar vs. Viktor matchup?

Try to avoid taking too much damage early, as he is very strong. Match his push as well as you can. Position your voidlings so he has to choose between clearing them or poking you. If he wastes his E, you have a window to push. Be careful of his ultimate, as it cancels yours.

How do you play Malzahar into Viktor?

Try to avoid taking too much damage early, as he is very strong. Match his push as well as you can. Position your voidlings so he has to choose between clearing them or poking you. If he wastes his E, you have a window to push. Be careful of his ultimate, as it cancels yours.

Who wins the Malzahar vs. Viktor matchup?

Based on our data, this matchup is undefined Malzahar. A key tip is: Try to avoid taking too much damage early, as he is very strong. Match his push as well as you can. Position your voidlings so he has to choose between clearing them or poking you. If he wastes his E, you have a window to push. Be careful of his ultimate, as it cancels yours.

How do you counter Malzahar as Viktor?

Try to avoid taking too much damage early, as he is very strong. Match his push as well as you can. Position your voidlings so he has to choose between clearing them or poking you. If he wastes his E, you have a window to push. Be careful of his ultimate, as it cancels yours.

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MalzaharMatchups

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Matchup	Threat	Games	WR	Gold @ 15	Gold Diff	Tips
Ahri	Favored	468	45%	-201	-149	Ahri is really tough early. Avoid trading unless it's completely free and focus on staying healthy. She can match your push very well. You scale well against her, as you can lock her down with your ultimate, negating her mobility.
Skill Priority E Malefic Visions Malzahar infects his target's mind with cruel visions of their demise, dealing damage over time. Using Malzahar's other spells on the target will refresh the visions. If the target dies while afflicted by the visions, they pass on to a nearby enemy unit and Malzahar gains Mana. Malzahar's Voidlings are attracted to affected units. Q Call of the Void Malzahar opens up two portals to the Void. After a short delay, they fire projectiles that deal Magic Damage and silence enemy champions. W Void Swarm Malzahar summons Voidlings to attack nearby enemies. 45.7% WR 442 Matches Summoner Spells 46.2% WR 223 Matches Skill Order Call of the Void Malzahar opens up two portals to the Void. After a short delay, they fire projectiles that deal Magic Damage and silence enemy champions. 1 8 10 11 13 Void Swarm Malzahar summons Voidlings to attack nearby enemies. 3 14 15 16 18 Malefic Visions Malzahar infects his target's mind with cruel visions of their demise, dealing damage over time. Using Malzahar's other spells on the target will refresh the visions. If the target dies while afflicted by the visions, they pass on to a nearby enemy unit and Malzahar gains Mana. Malzahar's Voidlings are attracted to affected units. 2 4 5 7 9 Nether Grasp Malzahar channels the essence of the Void to suppress an enemy champion over a zone of damaging negative energy. 6 12 17 Malzahar vs Ahri Runes 46.0% WR346 Matches Starting Items 47.6% WR 191 Matches Core Items 26.3% WR 19 Matches 4th Item Options 55.2% WR87 Matches 49.3% WR73 Matches 53.1% WR32 Matches 5th Item Options 42.9% WR28 Matches 64.3% WR28 Matches 63.6% WR11 Matches 6th Item Options 55.6% WR9 Matches 55.6% WR9 Matches Laning Phase (@15 min) Malzahar Damage 5,487 Ahri Damage 5,415 Gold Diff-201 CS Diff+5 XP Diff-61 Ally Ganks1.22 Enemy Ganks1.44 End of Game Malzahar Damage 21,944 Ahri Damage 22,339 Total Gold Diff-149 Total CS Diff+18 Split Push Malzahar Dmg to Turrets 4,322 Ahri Dmg to Turrets 4,226
Syndra	Very Hard	397	47%	-387	-1,197	This is a tricky matchup. You need good movement to avoid being controlled. Try to bait her spells as best you can and spawn voidlings to match her push when her abilities are on cooldown. Her stun can buffer through your ultimate, so be careful.

Viktor	Hard	390	51%	-250	-578	Try to avoid taking too much damage early, as he is very strong. Match his push as well as you can. Position your voidlings so he has to choose between clearing them or poking you. If he wastes his E, you have a window to push. Be careful of his ultimate, as it cancels yours.

Smolder	Very Hard	388	49%	-255	-1,375	💬 No tips yet — Be the first to add a tip!

Yasuo	Even	386	52%	-204	-266	Avoid pushing into him in the early levels and try to keep the wave on your side. The matchup gets easier after Lost Chapter. If he doesn't build QSS, he is very easy to gank and shut down. Be careful, as his tornado can buffer through your ultimate.

Katarina	Easy	358	50%	-320	-713	Do not hit the wave early; instead, use your E on her when she goes for last hits. If she pushes, trim the wave to set up a freeze. You can punish her roams very easily because of your waveclear. After level 6, if you haven't fallen behind, the lane should be over for her.

TwistedFate	Favored	345	49%	-714	-1,098	He doesn't have a strong laning phase. He can set up ganks with his Gold Card, so be mindful of that. The main problem is that he has two AOE spells, which makes it hard for you to match his push. Trading with him is important to discourage his roams.

Akali	Easy	313	51%	-189	-141	Space carefully against her Qs and let her push while you poke with E. After Lost Chapter, the matchup favors you, as you can always get push priority and you counter her mobility in fights. Never underestimate her all-in potential.