Garen vs Malzahar MID Matchup Guide

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Garen into Malzaharmedium

Overview

Use medium early agency to punish Malzahar's push attempts and deny free farm early.
Focus on short trades with silence and damage to chip Malzahar before level 6.
Avoid giving Malzahar lane priority to prevent his scaling comfort and roam pressure.

Use to silence key spells, follow with , then disengage before Voidlings retaliate.
Punish Malzahar when his Voidlings are on cooldown or cleared to reduce his wave pressure.
Avoid using when Malzahar can safely disengage and do not extend trades after ends.

Respect Malzahar's level 6 suppression window; avoid all-ins unless is down or is ready.
Be cautious when passive health regeneration is interrupted repeatedly by Malzahar's poke.
Avoid extended trades when is on cooldown as you lose reach and damage potential.

Crash waves early to deny Malzahar's Voidlings and force him to farm under tower.
Use to silence and interrupt Malzahar's poke when he steps forward for CS.
Avoid extended trades before level 6 to preserve passive health regeneration and wait for execute windows.

At level 6, use execute to finish Malzahar after chipping him with short trades.
After first bruiser/tank item, repeat controlled trades to absorb poke and increase durability.
Respect Malzahar's level 6 suppression; avoid committing without silence or defensive tools ready.

Deny Malzahar free farm by crashing waves early and punishing CS attempts with and autos.
Use short trades to chip Malzahar's health and look for execute kills with once in range.
After first defensive item, leverage durability to outlast poke and pressure Malzahar off the wave or force roams.

Tactical tip

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