Soraka vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Soraka
based on 2,902 Soraka vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Malzahar
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
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.
Soraka vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Soraka in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several critical Soraka vs. Malzahar matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Soraka or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malzahar, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Soraka does have a higher winrate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Soraka also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Soraka is a decent counter for Malzahar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka on average gets a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Soraka versus Malzahar build include Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs. Malzahar than with many other common builds. In fact, Soraka had an average win rate of 50.0% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of coming out on top against Malzahar as Soraka, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Soraka vs Malzahar battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.0% winrate overall.
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