Blitzcrank vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Blitzcrank
based on 4,587 Blitzcrank vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Malzahar
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several critical Blitzcrank versus Malzahar matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Blitzcrank often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually fairs equally well when taking on Malzahar, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Blitzcrank makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Blitzcrank does have a higher winrate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Blitzcrank also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Blitzcrank into Malzahar.
Additionally, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Malzahar matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Blitzcrank is a decent counter for Malzahar. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Blitzcrank against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank typically gets a lot less CS as Malzahar. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often 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 a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Blitzcrank versus Malzahar build consist of Zeke's Convergence, Frozen Heart, and Celestial Opposition. When Blitzcrank bought at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Malzahar than with most other common builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average winrate of 50.4% battling Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Malzahar as Blitzcrank, Blitzcrank players should equip the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Blitzcrank vs Malzahar matchups, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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