Malzahar vs Leona
How to Beat Leona as Malzahar
based on 4,589 Malzahar vs Leona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Leona Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Leona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Leona as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Leona
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 Leona
When Leona activates Eclipse, you have three seconds to get away from her before she deals damage.
Only foes in the center of Solar Flare get stunned, so you can often avoid this if you're quick.
Malzahar vs Leona Counter Stats
How to Counter Leona with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some critical Malzahar versus Leona matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Leona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Leona..
Malzahar often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Leona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Leona
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Leona?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when playing against Leona, with a 47.8% win rate. Thus, Malzahar makes a bad counter for Leona.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate than Leona, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Malzahar into Leona.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Leona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Leona matchups, Leona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a terribly counter for Leona. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Leona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Leona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average picks up much more CS relative to Leona. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities 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 case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Malzahar versus Leona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Malignance. When Malzahar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Leona than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Malzahar boasted an average winrate of 47.8% when countering Leona with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Leona as Malzahar, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Malzahar vs Leona fights, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% win rate overall.
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