Lee Sin vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Lee Sin
based on 3,345 Lee Sin vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lee Sin vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Lee Sin vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Lee Sin
Tips for Playing as Lee Sin against Malzahar
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
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.
Lee Sin vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Lee Sin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some vital Lee Sin against Malzahar counter stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Lee Sin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lee Sin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Lee Sin usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lee Sin and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Lee Sin or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lee Sin usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 45.3% win rate. As a result, Lee Sin makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Lee Sin does have a much lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Lee Sin also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Lee Sin into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Lee Sin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lee Sin vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lee Sin is a trash counter for Malzahar. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Lee Sin against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Lee Sin in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lee Sin on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Lee Sin versus Malzahar build include Sterak's Gage, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Lee Sin included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs. Malzahar than with most other common builds. In fact, Lee Sin had an average win rate of 45.3% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Malzahar as Lee Sin, Lee Sin players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Lee Sin vs Malzahar counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 45.3% winrate overall.
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