Renekton vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Renekton
based on 1,830 Renekton vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Renekton vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Renekton vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Renekton
Tips for Playing as Renekton against Malzahar
Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.
Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.
Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.
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.
Renekton vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Renekton in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Renekton against Malzahar counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Renekton’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Renekton may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Renekton usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Renekton and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Renekton or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Renekton usually loses when taking on Malzahar, with a 46.2% win rate. As a result, Renekton makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Renekton does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Renekton also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Renekton into Malzahar.
Additionally, Renekton has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Renekton vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Renekton is a trash counter for Malzahar. Focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Renekton against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Renekton to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Renekton most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Renekton versus Malzahar build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Renekton bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Malzahar than with many other common builds. In fact, Renekton had an average win rate of 46.2% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Malzahar as Renekton, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Renekton vs Malzahar face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 46.2% win rate overall.
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