Malzahar vs Pantheon
How to Beat Pantheon as Malzahar
based on 5,354 Malzahar vs Pantheon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Pantheon Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Pantheon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Pantheon as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Pantheon
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 Pantheon
Pantheon's Aegis Assault makes him invulnerable from the front. Get behind him or wait it out.
Grand Starfall gives several seconds of warning before Pantheon arrives. Use this time to get out of the way or to form a plan to deal with him.
Be careful near Pantheon if your health is low - a thrown Comet Spear executes low health enemies.
Malzahar vs Pantheon Counter Stats
How to Counter Pantheon with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Malzahar versus Pantheon counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Pantheon’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Pantheon..
Malzahar usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Pantheon. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Pantheon
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Pantheon?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when taking on Pantheon, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a great counter to Pantheon.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate compared to Pantheon, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Pantheon.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Pantheon. 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 a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Pantheon matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter to Pantheon. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Pantheon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malzahar in order to counter Pantheon 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 mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often gets more CS compared to Pantheon. Champs who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Pantheon build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Cryptbloom. When Malzahar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Pantheon than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 53.8% when countering Pantheon with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Pantheon as Malzahar, you should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Malzahar vs Pantheon face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.8% win rate overall.
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