Lucian vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Lucian
based on 6,813 Lucian vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Malzahar
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some significant Lucian against Malzahar matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Lucian typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Lucian or Malzahar?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually loses when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Lucian makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Lucian also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Lucian into Malzahar.
Moreover, Lucian also has almost no 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 overall in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Lucian is a terribly counter to Malzahar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game 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 listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Lucian versus Malzahar build include Guardian Angel, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Kraken Slayer. When Lucian used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Malzahar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Lucian had an average winrate of 47.9% when playing against Malzahar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Malzahar as Lucian, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Lucian vs Malzahar clashes, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.9% win rate overall.
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