Orianna vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Orianna
based on 1,871 Orianna vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Malzahar
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several significant Orianna vs. Malzahar matchup stats that can help us distinguish the differences between these two champs. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Orianna typically has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Orianna or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Orianna makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Orianna also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Orianna into Malzaharas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Orianna also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Orianna is a garbage counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Orianna against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Orianna to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Orianna versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Malzahar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Orianna had an average win rate of 47.5% when countering Malzahar with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Malzahar as Orianna, Orianna players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Orianna vs Malzahar LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.5% winrate overall.
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