Malzahar vs Lissandra
How to Beat Lissandra as Malzahar
based on 1,298 Malzahar vs Lissandra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Lissandra Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Lissandra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Lissandra
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 Lissandra
Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.
Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.
The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.
Malzahar vs Lissandra Counter Stats
How to Counter Lissandra with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown here feature several strategic Malzahar vs. Lissandra counter stats that can help us distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Lissandra..
Malzahar usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Lissandra. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Malzahar and Lissandra
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Lissandra?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when trying to fight Lissandra, with a 53.4% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes a great counter for Lissandra.
While Malzahar does have a higher win rate compared to Lissandra, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Malzahar into Lissandra.
Additionally, Malzahar has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lissandra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Lissandra matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Malzahar is a great counter to Lissandra. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Malzahar against Lissandra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malzahar to counter Lissandra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Lissandra. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Lissandra build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Malzahar bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Lissandra than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 53.4% when playing against Lissandra with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Lissandra as Malzahar, Malzahar players 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 sets we have analyed for Malzahar vs Lissandra counters, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.4% winrate overall.
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