Malzahar vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Malzahar
based on 13,380 Malzahar vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Malzahar vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some significant Malzahar vs. Jhin matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Jhin..
Malzahar normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Jhin. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Jhin
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Jhin?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Jhin, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Jhin.
While Malzahar does have a lower win rate compared to Jhin, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Jhin.
Moreover, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jhin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Jhin. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Jhin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Jhin. Champs who on average don't take much CS often 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Malzahar versus Jhin build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Malignance. When Malzahar bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Jhin than with most other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average win rate of 49.2% battling Jhin with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Jhin as Malzahar, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Malzahar vs Jhin counters, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
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