Jax vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Jax
based on 8,254 Jax vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jax vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Jax vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Jax
Tips for Playing as Jax against Malzahar
Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.
Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.
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.
Jax vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Jax in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Jax versus Malzahar counter statistics that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Jax’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Jax may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Jax usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jax and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Jax or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jax usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malzahar, with a 50.1% win rate. Therefore, Jax makes an ok counter to Malzahar.
While Jax does have a higher win rate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Jax also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jax into Malzahar.
Additionally, Jax has some amount of CC and other utility, 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 Jax vs Malzahar matchups, Jax is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Jax is a decent counter to Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Jax against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jax to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jax typically accumulates less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Jax versus Malzahar build include Guardian Angel, Sterak's Gage, and Trinity Force. When Jax incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Malzahar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Jax had an average winrate of 50.1% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Malzahar as Jax, Jax players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Jax vs Malzahar counters, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.1% winrate overall.
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