Malzahar vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Malzahar
based on 2,727 Malzahar vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Janna
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 Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Malzahar vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here feature some critical Malzahar against Janna counter stats that can help us realize the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Janna’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Janna. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Malzahar typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Janna. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Janna
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Janna?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when facing off against Janna, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Janna.
While Malzahar does have a lower win rate than Janna, when facing one another, Malzahar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Janna.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter for Janna. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Malzahar in order to counter Janna during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average accumulates much more CS relative to Janna. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Janna build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Janna than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Janna with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Janna as Malzahar, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Malzahar vs Janna fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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