Malzahar vs LeBlanc
How to Beat LeBlanc as Malzahar
based on 2,197 Malzahar vs LeBlanc matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs LeBlanc Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs LeBlanc Counter Build
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Guide to Countering LeBlanc as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against LeBlanc
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Advice to Win Against LeBlanc
LeBlanc's ultimate can create fake LeBlancs during her spellcast or, rarely, at a distant position.
The fake LeBlanc created at a distance will always run at the nearest Champion, cast a harmless spell, then immediately disappear.
Attacking LeBlanc first avoids most of her tricks, especially if she's recently used her dash, Distortion.
Stunning or silencing LeBlanc will prevent her from activating the return part of Distortion.
Malzahar vs LeBlanc Counter Stats
How to Counter LeBlanc with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some influential Malzahar vs. LeBlanc counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than LeBlanc’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than LeBlanc..
Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than LeBlanc. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and LeBlanc
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Who is Better, Malzahar or LeBlanc?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when facing off against LeBlanc, with a 56.2% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a fantastic counter to LeBlanc.
While Malzahar does have a much higher win rate than LeBlanc, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into LeBlanc.
Additionally, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to LeBlanc. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs LeBlanc matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter for LeBlanc. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against LeBlanc.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter LeBlanc during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to LeBlanc. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Malzahar versus LeBlanc build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Cryptbloom, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs LeBlanc than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average win rate of 56.2% when countering LeBlanc with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing LeBlanc as Malzahar, Malzahar players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Malzahar vs LeBlanc face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 56.2% win rate overall.
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