Starting Items

Core Items

Situational Items

❤️Ahri Start/Core Items Note❤️

-  is a great starting item because if you can get 10 stacks you get ~875 gold worth of AP , on top of that you get increase healing effects from potion, great combination with  or even just regular potions if you can avoid using them before your first back timing/purchase

Note: Always start  or you risk losing lane as due to mana issue/gold worth/value issue(s). [Ring offers a ~ 800 to 1k gold value]

-   are very situational items and are only recommended to be build for  when you 100% focus on farming and avoiding 1 v 1 laning phase. You will still be useful in fights as long as they aren't directly 1 v 1 early on into the game. Once you complete cull you make ~150 extra gold, while Doran Shield allows you to take more poke but be able to stay in lane more so long as you aren't getting a tower dive from the enemy jungler.

-  early is great for  since she needs to move around and skill shot reliant. [Celerity/Magical Footwear!]

- : Penetration (Magic) is very strong still in patch 8.2 because of the overall lower MR tanks/champions have. You do not have to finish  too early /in your first 3 item, just then pen from  is enough. 

The extra HP bonus is nice to prevent "1 shots" in 1 v 1 scenario or even vs assassins in top/jg. 

- : Again emphasizing on penetration, it is very strong still on patch 8.2, instead of flat pen Void Staff offers % Pen overall. [The more MR built the more damage Void Staff will offer]

- : Standard boots for mid laners, and again pen is still good as of patch 8.2 for AP champions. 

The rest of the items are very self explanatory, but as of now pen and %pen should be your core/rush 1-3 items to do big chunks of damage to champions. 

[ You will not clear as fast but the damage to champion increase is crucial to rush ASAP, since games tend to end faster in solo queue/in general.]

- :   can make use of this item quite well with her movement speed bonuses and rune synergies. [ Tier 2 boots or the following runes:   ]

Also helps her wave clear, since  tends to not kill cannon or melee minions until the game progresses to  mid/late game.

Extra damage Luden provides can help secure kills as well if  doesn't hit all her abilities (which tends to happen) -> emphasizing on hitting  or playing versus tanks/champions with more tenacity or even a spell shield.

i.e:    

❤️Situational Items Explanation❤️

:  Very standard situational item versus AD champions/assassins [   ]

 can actually use Zhonya quite well when playing aggressive with  or  going up to enemies to hit a good 

Also note you can go for combos/aggressive tradings or even a solo kill and get away using Zhonya versus certain match ups

i.e:     (AP)

i.e:   (AD)

- great item for split pushing

- abuse 's ability to roam and helps her abuse her innate fast attack speed/long range

   and etc.

- can grant more AP if you run Celerity

-  tends to auto attack often a lot due to her kit being tied to  for CC,  for mobility and burst of true damage, and  for mobility.

Lich Bane allows  to add on more damage with any of the abilities mention above, even amplify her damage from her most inconsistent ability .

- Lastly, Lich Bane is great for siege scenarios/ you do a lot more damage to structures as  

- more spell vamp means more in your face can be

- great for also CC/slow on enemy target to secure a hit on your  or burning their Summoner Spell preemptively

- Gunblade also provides AD which makes  auto attack deal a respectable amount of damage to champions and/or structures

Combine this with   can become a very strong split pusher/play to split push and have a very strong 1 v 1 presence if  gets ahead enough.

- I do not recommend this item but it is possible to use if the enemy team doesn't have much healing effects (there usually is enough to justify building a grievous wound item) 

- GLP-800 offers a HP and mana pool that can help  be pretty tanky ->  wants to be tanky cause she tends to get in squishies face and take a ton of damage if she doesn't get out quick, hit , or use an item effect.  [i.e:   ]

- The active damage/slow can also be helpful to set up a team-fight/engage for your team, but usually useful to slow enemy(s) to hit someone with your 

- A side bonus is this item also heals you a flat amount each time you cast an ability -> cannot be reduced by grievous wound. 

- Slow effect is now consistent (15% slow no matter what if you hit an enemy(s) with your ability(s))

- again more HP allows  to play more aggressive and tank a major combo/CC using her  or  to get in a fight/start a fight.

- decent amount of HP/AP ; downside is item cost lot of gold.

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  Akali

  Hard
• 

  Anivia

  Medium
• 

  Annie

  Hard
• 

  Karma

  Hard
• 

  Kassadin

  Easy
• 

  Katarina

  Hard
• 

  LeBlanc

  Easy
• 

  Lux

  Medium
• 

  Malzahar

  Medium
• 

  Xerath

  Hard
• 

  Zed

  Easy
• 

  Ziggs

  Hard
• 

  Zoe

  Easy

VS

Akali

Hard

A very difficult match up for  once Akali hits 6 and have 3 or  available.

The reason is that combining  with her  ability, Akali can easily dodge  or make your  miss easily.

- You will have to guess your  hit since Akali will be stealthed but it is doable just very you will kill Akali without hitting   as well.

Akali has more spell vamp and upfront damage than , consider this carefully if you plan on trading with her not near your turret in 1v1 scenarios.

Akali also has  to play aggressive and bait /you into a gank from her jungler keep track of the enemy jungler if you choose to not respect Akali once she hits 6 or even before she is 6.

- Recommended Summoner Spell(s):     

VS

Anivia

Medium

A medium difficulty match up for .

Anivia  is an AOE stun compare to 's single target CC/Charm with her .

- Make sure minions do not interrupt your   if you try to 1 v 1 Anivia

Anivia has "2" extra CC as well with her  and the most obvious CC her 

- Anivia's play style is to CC lock and burst you with empowered 

- Luckily as  you counter Anivia's kill condition with your  and movement speed from  to dodge Anivia's main threat (  and ).

- Recommend Summoner Spell:     

VS

Annie

Hard

A hard match up difficulty for .

In short,TLDR Annie just have a faster CC and faster burst.

-  takes time to kill someone require multiple abilities inputted rather than just 1 full rotation that Annie can do. The longer you are in range of Annie the more risk you have in getting one shotted with a stun combo.

Annie abilities are also "point click"

- Annie's abilities are near instant once she is in range the exception is her  which travels time is factored with the distance.

- As  consider using . With an aggressive keystone to kill someone early.

- You may also opt in for  as  to run Cleanse early and swap Summoner Spells as needed.

If  gets ahead Annie can die in one spell rotation, however she needs to get ahead.

- play around your jungler, even though you may beat/kill Annie easily hitting a  due to your superior wave clear/mobility/range she can easily set up a kill on you as  with the help of her jungler (instant CC).

Allow for your jungler to gank Annie and snowball of 1-2 kill.

-  can also roam way faster than Annie unless Annie has , if you want to avoid losing the lane instantly dying 1 v 1 or 1 v 2 -> play to roam and snowball your ADC, Top, or JG and let them shut down Annie. (Much easier for them)

Annie Snowball-> One Shots Nonstop

- It is very common for Annie if she is even/ahead she will one shot anyone in most cases 

- Prevent this by pinging the map if she goes MIA (ping the side as well if you can accurately guess between top or bot (where she will roam))

- Play aggressively with   available and force Annie to use  on you to get  off her(Annie) burning that CD can open up for your team to do quite a lot since Annie lost a major ability (her ultimate). Which is also what one shots people.

- Recommended Secondary Summoner Spell(s):   

VS

Karma

Hard

A hard match up difficulty for .

Karma can easily dodge  simple as that. 

- Even with  Karma has an innate amount of base movement speed, combine with her  you will not catch a Karma easily or hit all your damaging abilities consistently.

- play aggressive as  when Karma's  and  is on cool down, Karma tends to use her abilities to farm/push out the wave without risking getting caught.

An advance Karma tactic is to save  until  or anyone plays aggressive/positions forward towards her. Be aware of this and adjust your play pattern/skill shot accordingly to account for the huge bonus movement speed she will gain if you go on Karma with her  available.

Karma also has high base damage on her / +

- the hit box is also rather generous so that even as  when you use your minions you can get caught as Karma throws her Q to wave clear

- if you choose to not play near minions she can easily hit  +  or speed herself up with  and full combo you with  as well, and most likely kill you if you get rooted early in the game.

- Recommended Secondary Summoner Spell:   

VS

Kassadin

Easy

A easy match up difficulty for .

 Kassadin  reduces a lot of 's damage, however Kassadin is a melee and is more susceptible to damage in general.

-  damage cannot be blocked with this ability/ since they are true damage.

-  does true damage on the second hit so it cannot be reduced

- Kassadin takes a lot more auto attack damage as well especially before he htis level 6 abuse his melee range when posible without getting outraded/ganked by enemy jungler.

's silence doesn't really affect  since she has 3 cast of  and gains immediate movement speed from using  (on cast instantly gains movement speed). 

- however Kassadin gains a Magic Damge shield be aware of this, you can time your abilities to not damage the shield easily as 

- the ability is point click and chunks for quite an amount avoid eating too much  early game/laning phase when trading versus . Kassadin tends to use  to CS so punish him for doing so (he is melee versus mobile ranged).

 is an auto reset for Kassadin, best used with 

- this ability also gives Kassadin mana on hit but it is a melee attack buff which  can deal with easily with her mobility 

- if Kassadin wants mana from minion using this ability try and punish him in doing so.

 is Kassadin actual CC (slow effect)

-  can trigger this ability up more often since she cast a lot of abilities (almost as much as )

- this slow ability can get you kill because the slow sets up Kassadin to hit every other ability   and usually another 

- Kassadin main trading pattern post 6 is to use  -> ->->auto->. Understand this and punish Kassadin if he tries this combo on you.

- when Kassadin engages you can turn as  with your  and/or hitting  if he tries to bully you past his minions.

- Kassadin early game is very punishable, when playing  as long as the lane doesn't go too even and you have jungle pressure when needed your range and mobility out shines Kassadin until he hits level 16 for  every 2 seconds.

Recommended Secondary Summoner Spell:    

VS

Katarina

Hard

A hard match up difficulty for .

- Katarina daggers if Kat can touch them are almost instant - > the moment you are in range of Kat triggering the dagger you are going to get damaged 

- These passive daggers are also Kat's main damage source for teamfights since it is an AOE ability and instant

- It is hard to hit Kat when she uses  or  to play around daggers ; especially tryin to hit a  as . 

Kat can also set up  with her passive blade on the ground at a fixed distance from whoever she initially casted it on and combo you quick as well before you can react

- It is best to secure a lead early when playing  into Katarina, so she cannot afford to abuse her passive/trading patterns since she doesn't do enough damage or you do too much damage

Junglers can easily punish a Kat if she overextends; consider playing around your jungler as well to secure a lead otherwise rely on   for outplays.

- Kat tends to get poked a lot as well until level 3 / level 6 (her power spike) if you can get her low enough before her crucial level spikes you can secure an early 1 v 1 kill or deny a lot of CS

- as mentioned above pay attention to the dagger left by Q (Passive dagger) 

- Instant damage to you + if she is going for a dagger you take the passive's dagger damage as well

- Resets often as much as your   3 cast with Kat's usual kit/play style

- Be careful about missing skill shots if Kat goes in using E

Also note Kat can all in you if you miss/use too much abilities without threatening her ( No   available = your in for a lot of trouble)

- easily cancelled with 

- Ahri also high  movement speed thanks to her  and mobility with 

However, Kat's ultimate (R) damage ticks very fast and if you are the only target in range (it hits/tries to hit 3 champions each spin) she will usually get off enough damage to try and kill you even if you cancel . Keep that in mind and you should be fine.

Recommended Summoner Spell:    

VS

LeBlanc

Easy

A easy match up difficulty for .

- Wave clear is a huge issue for LeBlanc

Ahri has  and decent attack speed/range to clear

- 's mobility can be problematic for LeBlanc since she is skill shot reliant to set up kills to snowball a lead. [  needs to hit early on the game/when LB doesn't have much items].

- LeBlanc has to get in face (usually past minions) of an  so  being available is great for you to use to focus on clearing the wave and forcing LB to use her abilities to wave clear.

- Be a careful about  and   combinations since she generates a clone and you can miss your  and die to her CC lock/fast burst.

Recommended Summoner Spell:    

VS

Lux

Medium

A medium difficulty for .

 ruins Lux time, especially on  [Lux  becomes a liability, since she will play aggressive if she hits it/thinks she will hit it]

With your mobility on top of a free QSS Lux will have trouble playing to just poke you down. [ hits are pretty easy]

Hitting one  is all you need to win trades or set up an all in.

- Note Lux wll focus her  on wave clearing and will look for timings  may touch her minions to dodge  or CS and damage  along with the minion wave.

- Mobility.  mobility is just too strong  in this match up, but Lux can "100-0" faster. 

 mobility becomes useless if you cannot avoid her one shot/poke half hp->one shot 

Recommended Summoner Spell:  

VS

Malzahar

Medium

A medium difficulty match up for .

 is the story. []

 can proc Malzahar's passive/shield  easily with  and , even use . This allows for threats of  and heavy damage with  for good trades/1 v 1 kill scenario. 

Malzahar wave clear is very weak versus , due to her  one shotting his 

-Without  early game/laning Malz will lose a lot of mana using  to wave clear or not reset  properly. Both of which will swing the lane pressure in 's favor.

-  silence hit box is a bit misleading, be aware when you are close to the skill shot a good Mal'z silence can set up for  or his team to engage on / your team.

Recommended Summoner Spell:    

VS

Xerath

Hard

A hard match up difficulty for .

- Range is a huge difficulty for this match up when playing  into Xerath.

- Not only that  and  are AOE and have huge range/hit boxes; on top of that  can slow/ slow+do more damage if your in the center.

-  is slower than  but the hit box is bigger and travel range is longer (a bit + it is longer because of how long it travels)

-  is a stationary tool and is the best time you can out play Xerath as  if you are not too low and can afford to tank  ability from Xerath at least ( Xerath can also hit   if you try and cancel his ; but  is what they will try and hit you with first in most cases)

- As  focus on wave clearing and avoiding standing near minions most of the time, Xerath can easily hit you if you try and use minions to block with his AOE abilities  

At the same time you have to be ware of  when not near minions; however it is a slow travel skill shot and  is very mobile.

- Again,  best time to shine is with her  in this match up and landing ; especially when Xerath does a risky  play

Xerath  doesn't really offer much dueling potential it is really a poke/engage tool for grouped or roaming fights.  1 v 1 potential therefore is overall stronger.

Recommend Summoner Spells:    

VS

Zed

Easy

A easy match up difficulty for .

The main rule of Zed is  will put him behind wherever the person he ult is facing 

- Abusing this rule,  is almost a 100% hit face unless Zed uses   knowing you will go for a guarantee 

Zed is a melee AD assassin  will make him very unreliable on killing you; and if  gets fed/have decent amount of item you are a big threat Zed can't really go for to assassinate and can carry team fights or force  from Zed very easily.

 is only Zed's mobility aside from his usual item choice 

- As  abuse this and punish him when his  isn't available

- On top of mobility,  is also a damage increase tool to extend his range or add an extra skill shot on his  and ; this of course goes into his  damage amplification mechanic.

- As     offer great mobility/threat to make a Zed think twice before CSing/trying to dominate lane

The main problem  will have with Zed is his base damage/early damage with no items from both sides. Zed will out damage you if you go for a full on 1 v 1 eating his damage abilities combined with 

Recommended Summoner Spell:     

VS

Ziggs

Hard

A hard match up difficulty for .

- Similar to Xerath, Zigg is tough because of the issue on wave clear.

- On top of that, Ziggs can easily clear waves with his  and  and even use  or  if the wave isn't manageable 

If behind Ziggs, can make it very hard for your team to push because he can clear waves + poke  and her team quite easily.

- Ziggs is not too mobile tho make sure to go for a   engage when you can

Ziggs should not allow you to hit  laning phase unless you manage to push into his turret.

Consider relying on jungle pressure to set that up or let Ziggs push into a gank from your team since he isn't mobile.

- Overall the main issue is siege when playing versus a good Ziggs as  you can't really try and engage under turret with  and . Because of Ziggs' tools   .

If you do, make sure you have 

Recommended Summoner Spell: 

VS

Zoe

Easy

A easy match up difficulty for .

 is extremely easy to play around when playing versus Zoe as .

-  where Zoe emerges or has to go back towards. Use  and/or  if needed to get in range and set up a kill.

- Watch out for  because getting hit by this ability will force you to use   defensively unless you have  

Zoe can wave clear a bit, but starts to 1 shot wave more often at level 5+ with 3 points in 

- take note about when she can one shot waves and play around punishing her when she auto attacks for CS or use  tofarm

- Watch out for  and 's movement speed + damage bonus

The main upside for  is her mobility in this match up Zoe is extremely immobile and if she isn't ahead she cannot hit 1 spell and one shot you [ which is a must for most cases playing Zoe aggressively/to set up a win] 

Recommended Summoner Spells:    

Champion	Difficulty	Notes
Akali		Author Notes
A very difficult match up for  once Akali hits 6 and have 3 or  available. The reason is that combining  with her  ability, Akali can easily dodge  or make your  miss easily. - You will have to guess your  hit since Akali will be stealthed but it is doable just very you will kill Akali without hitting   as well. Akali has more spell vamp and upfront damage than , consider this carefully if you plan on trading with her not near your turret in 1v1 scenarios. Akali also has  to play aggressive and bait /you into a gank from her jungler keep track of the enemy jungler if you choose to not respect Akali once she hits 6 or even before she is 6. - Recommended Summoner Spell(s):
Anivia		Author Notes
A medium difficulty match up for . Anivia  is an AOE stun compare to 's single target CC/Charm with her . - Make sure minions do not interrupt your   if you try to 1 v 1 Anivia Anivia has "2" extra CC as well with her  and the most obvious CC her  - Anivia's play style is to CC lock and burst you with empowered  - Luckily as  you counter Anivia's kill condition with your  and movement speed from  to dodge Anivia's main threat (  and ). - Recommend Summoner Spell:
Annie		Author Notes
A hard match up difficulty for . In short,TLDR Annie just have a faster CC and faster burst. -  takes time to kill someone require multiple abilities inputted rather than just 1 full rotation that Annie can do. The longer you are in range of Annie the more risk you have in getting one shotted with a stun combo. Annie abilities are also "point click" - Annie's abilities are near instant once she is in range the exception is her  which travels time is factored with the distance. - As  consider using . With an aggressive keystone to kill someone early. - You may also opt in for  as  to run Cleanse early and swap Summoner Spells as needed. If  gets ahead Annie can die in one spell rotation, however she needs to get ahead. - play around your jungler, even though you may beat/kill Annie easily hitting a  due to your superior wave clear/mobility/range she can easily set up a kill on you as  with the help of her jungler (instant CC). Allow for your jungler to gank Annie and snowball of 1-2 kill. -  can also roam way faster than Annie unless Annie has , if you want to avoid losing the lane instantly dying 1 v 1 or 1 v 2 -> play to roam and snowball your ADC, Top, or JG and let them shut down Annie. (Much easier for them) Annie Snowball-> One Shots Nonstop - It is very common for Annie if she is even/ahead she will one shot anyone in most cases  - Prevent this by pinging the map if she goes MIA (ping the side as well if you can accurately guess between top or bot (where she will roam)) - Play aggressively with   available and force Annie to use  on you to get  off her(Annie) burning that CD can open up for your team to do quite a lot since Annie lost a major ability (her ultimate). Which is also what one shots people. - Recommended Secondary Summoner Spell(s):
Karma		Author Notes
A hard match up difficulty for . Karma can easily dodge  simple as that.  - Even with  Karma has an innate amount of base movement speed, combine with her  you will not catch a Karma easily or hit all your damaging abilities consistently. - play aggressive as  when Karma's  and  is on cool down, Karma tends to use her abilities to farm/push out the wave without risking getting caught. An advance Karma tactic is to save  until  or anyone plays aggressive/positions forward towards her. Be aware of this and adjust your play pattern/skill shot accordingly to account for the huge bonus movement speed she will gain if you go on Karma with her  available. Karma also has high base damage on her / + - the hit box is also rather generous so that even as  when you use your minions you can get caught as Karma throws her Q to wave clear - if you choose to not play near minions she can easily hit  +  or speed herself up with  and full combo you with  as well, and most likely kill you if you get rooted early in the game. - Recommended Secondary Summoner Spell:
Kassadin		Author Notes
A easy match up difficulty for .  Kassadin  reduces a lot of 's damage, however Kassadin is a melee and is more susceptible to damage in general. -  damage cannot be blocked with this ability/ since they are true damage. -  does true damage on the second hit so it cannot be reduced - Kassadin takes a lot more auto attack damage as well especially before he htis level 6 abuse his melee range when posible without getting outraded/ganked by enemy jungler. 's silence doesn't really affect  since she has 3 cast of  and gains immediate movement speed from using  (on cast instantly gains movement speed).  - however Kassadin gains a Magic Damge shield be aware of this, you can time your abilities to not damage the shield easily as  - the ability is point click and chunks for quite an amount avoid eating too much  early game/laning phase when trading versus . Kassadin tends to use  to CS so punish him for doing so (he is melee versus mobile ranged).  is an auto reset for Kassadin, best used with  - this ability also gives Kassadin mana on hit but it is a melee attack buff which  can deal with easily with her mobility  - if Kassadin wants mana from minion using this ability try and punish him in doing so.  is Kassadin actual CC (slow effect) -  can trigger this ability up more often since she cast a lot of abilities (almost as much as ) - this slow ability can get you kill because the slow sets up Kassadin to hit every other ability   and usually another  - Kassadin main trading pattern post 6 is to use  -> ->->auto->. Understand this and punish Kassadin if he tries this combo on you. - when Kassadin engages you can turn as  with your  and/or hitting  if he tries to bully you past his minions. - Kassadin early game is very punishable, when playing  as long as the lane doesn't go too even and you have jungle pressure when needed your range and mobility out shines Kassadin until he hits level 16 for  every 2 seconds. Recommended Secondary Summoner Spell:
Katarina		Author Notes
A hard match up difficulty for . - Katarina daggers if Kat can touch them are almost instant - > the moment you are in range of Kat triggering the dagger you are going to get damaged  - These passive daggers are also Kat's main damage source for teamfights since it is an AOE ability and instant - It is hard to hit Kat when she uses  or  to play around daggers ; especially tryin to hit a  as .  Kat can also set up  with her passive blade on the ground at a fixed distance from whoever she initially casted it on and combo you quick as well before you can react - It is best to secure a lead early when playing  into Katarina, so she cannot afford to abuse her passive/trading patterns since she doesn't do enough damage or you do too much damage Junglers can easily punish a Kat if she overextends; consider playing around your jungler as well to secure a lead otherwise rely on   for outplays. - Kat tends to get poked a lot as well until level 3 / level 6 (her power spike) if you can get her low enough before her crucial level spikes you can secure an early 1 v 1 kill or deny a lot of CS - as mentioned above pay attention to the dagger left by Q (Passive dagger)  - Instant damage to you + if she is going for a dagger you take the passive's dagger damage as well - Resets often as much as your   3 cast with Kat's usual kit/play style - Be careful about missing skill shots if Kat goes in using E Also note Kat can all in you if you miss/use too much abilities without threatening her ( No   available = your in for a lot of trouble) - easily cancelled with  - Ahri also high  movement speed thanks to her  and mobility with  However, Kat's ultimate (R) damage ticks very fast and if you are the only target in range (it hits/tries to hit 3 champions each spin) she will usually get off enough damage to try and kill you even if you cancel . Keep that in mind and you should be fine. Recommended Summoner Spell:
LeBlanc		Author Notes
A easy match up difficulty for . - Wave clear is a huge issue for LeBlanc Ahri has  and decent attack speed/range to clear - 's mobility can be problematic for LeBlanc since she is skill shot reliant to set up kills to snowball a lead. [  needs to hit early on the game/when LB doesn't have much items]. - LeBlanc has to get in face (usually past minions) of an  so  being available is great for you to use to focus on clearing the wave and forcing LB to use her abilities to wave clear. - Be a careful about  and   combinations since she generates a clone and you can miss your  and die to her CC lock/fast burst. Recommended Summoner Spell:
Lux		Author Notes
A medium difficulty for .  ruins Lux time, especially on  [Lux  becomes a liability, since she will play aggressive if she hits it/thinks she will hit it] With your mobility on top of a free QSS Lux will have trouble playing to just poke you down. [ hits are pretty easy] Hitting one  is all you need to win trades or set up an all in. - Note Lux wll focus her  on wave clearing and will look for timings  may touch her minions to dodge  or CS and damage  along with the minion wave. - Mobility.  mobility is just too strong  in this match up, but Lux can "100-0" faster.   mobility becomes useless if you cannot avoid her one shot/poke half hp->one shot  Recommended Summoner Spell:
Malzahar		Author Notes
A medium difficulty match up for .  is the story. []  can proc Malzahar's passive/shield  easily with  and , even use . This allows for threats of  and heavy damage with  for good trades/1 v 1 kill scenario.  Malzahar wave clear is very weak versus , due to her  one shotting his  -Without  early game/laning Malz will lose a lot of mana using  to wave clear or not reset  properly. Both of which will swing the lane pressure in 's favor. -  silence hit box is a bit misleading, be aware when you are close to the skill shot a good Mal'z silence can set up for  or his team to engage on / your team. Recommended Summoner Spell:
Xerath		Author Notes
A hard match up difficulty for . - Range is a huge difficulty for this match up when playing  into Xerath. - Not only that  and  are AOE and have huge range/hit boxes; on top of that  can slow/ slow+do more damage if your in the center. -  is slower than  but the hit box is bigger and travel range is longer (a bit + it is longer because of how long it travels) -  is a stationary tool and is the best time you can out play Xerath as  if you are not too low and can afford to tank  ability from Xerath at least ( Xerath can also hit   if you try and cancel his ; but  is what they will try and hit you with first in most cases) - As  focus on wave clearing and avoiding standing near minions most of the time, Xerath can easily hit you if you try and use minions to block with his AOE abilities   At the same time you have to be ware of  when not near minions; however it is a slow travel skill shot and  is very mobile. - Again,  best time to shine is with her  in this match up and landing ; especially when Xerath does a risky  play Xerath  doesn't really offer much dueling potential it is really a poke/engage tool for grouped or roaming fights.  1 v 1 potential therefore is overall stronger. Recommend Summoner Spells:
Zed		Author Notes
A easy match up difficulty for . The main rule of Zed is  will put him behind wherever the person he ult is facing  - Abusing this rule,  is almost a 100% hit face unless Zed uses   knowing you will go for a guarantee  Zed is a melee AD assassin  will make him very unreliable on killing you; and if  gets fed/have decent amount of item you are a big threat Zed can't really go for to assassinate and can carry team fights or force  from Zed very easily.  is only Zed's mobility aside from his usual item choice  - As  abuse this and punish him when his  isn't available - On top of mobility,  is also a damage increase tool to extend his range or add an extra skill shot on his  and ; this of course goes into his  damage amplification mechanic. - As     offer great mobility/threat to make a Zed think twice before CSing/trying to dominate lane The main problem  will have with Zed is his base damage/early damage with no items from both sides. Zed will out damage you if you go for a full on 1 v 1 eating his damage abilities combined with  Recommended Summoner Spell:
Ziggs		Author Notes
A hard match up difficulty for . - Similar to Xerath, Zigg is tough because of the issue on wave clear. - On top of that, Ziggs can easily clear waves with his  and  and even use  or  if the wave isn't manageable  If behind Ziggs, can make it very hard for your team to push because he can clear waves + poke  and her team quite easily. - Ziggs is not too mobile tho make sure to go for a   engage when you can Ziggs should not allow you to hit  laning phase unless you manage to push into his turret. Consider relying on jungle pressure to set that up or let Ziggs push into a gank from your team since he isn't mobile. - Overall the main issue is siege when playing versus a good Ziggs as  you can't really try and engage under turret with  and . Because of Ziggs' tools   . If you do, make sure you have  Recommended Summoner Spell:
Zoe		Author Notes
A easy match up difficulty for .  is extremely easy to play around when playing versus Zoe as . -  where Zoe emerges or has to go back towards. Use  and/or  if needed to get in range and set up a kill. - Watch out for  because getting hit by this ability will force you to use   defensively unless you have   Zoe can wave clear a bit, but starts to 1 shot wave more often at level 5+ with 3 points in  - take note about when she can one shot waves and play around punishing her when she auto attacks for CS or use  tofarm - Watch out for  and 's movement speed + damage bonus The main upside for  is her mobility in this match up Zoe is extremely immobile and if she isn't ahead she cannot hit 1 spell and one shot you [ which is a must for most cases playing Zoe aggressively/to set up a win]  Recommended Summoner Spells: