Malzahar vs Blitzcrank
How to Beat Blitzcrank as Malzahar
based on 4,587 Malzahar vs Blitzcrank matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Blitzcrank Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Blitzcrank
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 Blitzcrank
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
Malzahar vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats
How to Counter Blitzcrank with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several valuable Malzahar against Blitzcrank matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Malzahar usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Blitzcrank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Blitzcrank
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Blitzcrank?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Blitzcrank, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes an ok counter for Blitzcrank.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate compared to Blitzcrank, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Blitzcrank.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Blitzcrank. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Blitzcrank.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often racks up much more CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Malzahar versus Blitzcrank build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Malzahar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Blitzcrank than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 49.6% when playing against Blitzcrank with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Blitzcrank 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. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Malzahar vs Blitzcrank face-offs, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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