Jhin vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Jhin
based on 13,380 Jhin vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Malzahar
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Jhin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several strategic Jhin against Malzahar matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between these two champions. Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Malzahar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Jhin normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Jhin or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jhin usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Malzahar, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Jhin makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Jhin does have a higher winrate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Jhin into Malzahar.
Additionally, Jhin also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Jhin vs Malzahar matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Jhin is a decent counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Jhin against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jhin to counter Malzahar 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Jhin versus Malzahar build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Jhin combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Malzahar than with most other common item sets. In fact, Jhin boasted an average winrate of 50.8% battling Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Malzahar as Jhin, you should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Gathering Storm, and Celerity runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Jhin vs Malzahar clashes, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.8% winrate overall.
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