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Extremely annoying matchup. He will always be pushed up because of his E, which you should avoid. Try auto attacking away his passive before you trade with him. Buy QSS if you are having a really hard time against his R. Cleanse will not help with his R!!!
Kassadin
His kit was made to counter AP. You can use your chains to poke him since he doesn't really have any way to W you without his R. Once he does have his R, he can be a threat. Make sure he doesn't snowball by roaming.
Yasuo
The main problem is his windwall. If it's on cooldown, you can go in for a trade. It's best if you use your chains against him as it will stop him from dashing everywhere. Dodge his Q's and tornado with your W.
Morgana
Similar matchup to Malzahar. Avoid being immobilized as it can lead to your death. Use your W to dodge her Q or to get out of her R. It's hard to find damage on her, so ask for some ganks.
Galio
Galio's kit makes it hard for Leblanc to find damage as well. Try to avoid his dash and taunt. When you W in, Galio might try to taunt you. He doesn't have big damage during laning phase if you dodge all of his abilites. Make sure to tell your team when Galio hits 6 as he can help his teammates.
Ahri
Dodge her charm, and you should be fine. Get ganks from your jungler if you start losing lane,
Akali
A good Akali can be hard to go against. Farm till 6. If they manage to E you, dont fight. Try to chain her before she gets into her smoke screen as you can follow up with another chain. Ganks aren't effective on her. She has to get up close to damage you which is a good time to use your Q+R+W combo.
Anivia
If she uses her Q to poke, you win that trade, but she still has her egg. It's okay to pop it and not kill her, they'll be more afraid of you once she doesn't have her passive. If you can, get ganks, as she is really vulnerable to those.
Annie
Just trade when she doesn't have stun up. Once she reaches 6, she can burst you down with her stun. Before 6, she wont do a lot of damage, so take advantage of that.
Aurelion Sol
Similar to Anivia, except he has no egg. Avoid his stun. Use chains to make it harder for him to control his 3 stars.
Brand
Avoid getting stunned by his E, as well as dodge all of his skillshots. He wouldn't be much of a problem if it wasn't for the interaction of your clone and his R. If he ults, you go under 40% hp and your clone will spawn and it will bounce back and forth between you two.
Cassiopeia
Play around her W. Go in once its on cooldown. Don't go in with W unless you can kill her as Cass can just W where you used your W. Once you are in her W, the only source of damage you can use is your chains and Q. She has constant, painful, damage if you fight her, so make sure you trade quickly.
Corki
Pretty easy, the only thing you have to be aware of is his W where he can dodge your combos and chains.
Diana
It depends on how fast the Diana's reaction is to press E once you W onto her. Once she hits 6, avoid her Q as much as possible. When you W in, immediately W out.
Ekko
All you have to do is dodge his W stun. Chaining him stop him from using his ult.
Ezreal
Same as Corki, he can use his E to dodge your damage, but easy to kill.
Fizz
Challenging, but not impossible. Before 6, try to hurt him with your chain. He can dodge all of your abilities using his E, so try to trade with him while its on cooldown. Once he reaches 6, try to dodge his ult with your W or Zhonyas.
Gangplank
He can use his W to get out of your chains, which is problematic. Try to use the Q+W or Q+R+W combo on him as it is the best way to kill him.
Azir
He can use his Q to escape, but Azirs uses Q to poke. While Azir's Q is on cooldown, you should be able to deal damage to him.
Heimerdinger
Dodge his E, and you should be fine. It's all about his stun, it will attract the turrets to kill you and make you vulnerable to his W.
Karma
Just farm, you will not win any trade against Karma. If you W in, she will R+W you which will heal her. She also has a shield to avoid your damage.
Karthus
Pretty much any assassin has no problem with going against Karthus. He is very vulnerable and he is only scary when he reaches 6. Make sure you can kill him with just enough health to survive his ult, or buy Zhonyas.
Katarina
Katarina is very hard to deal with when she is jumping around all over the place. Stay away from her daggers. Similar to Yasuo, land your chain on her, chain again if you can so she can stop moving.
Kayle
Pretty easy because she is melee most of the time in laning phase. Kayle scales hard late game though because she starts to turn ranged. Try to avoid wasting damage to someone who has been R'd by her.
LeBlanc
You're obviously the better one by reading this guide.
Lissandra
So much things to worry about. Same as Diana, make sure when you W in, you immediately W out as she can just immobilize you with her W or R. Lissandra cannot press E twice if you manage to root her. She becomes scarier when she hits 6. If you are losing lane, don't fight her. If you are winning lane, make sure you poke/fight her using chains. Bring Cleanse if you really don't like this matchup.
Lux
Go in once her Q is down. Don't underestimate the range of her abilities as she uses it to poke you during lane. At 6, be more careful around her Q's or buy Zhonya's/Banshee's to avoid her damage.
Neeko
Painful to deal with her Q. Dodge her E, and you can win a trade, if you can chain Neeko before she W's, you can determine the real one. Once she reaches 6, use your W to dodge her ult. Pretty squishy, so dealing damage should be easy.
Nidalee
If you can't dodge her spears, you will have trouble with this lane. Otherwise, she should be pretty easy to deal damage to. If you are somehow losing lane, use chains to kill her.
Orianna
Avoid her Q+W combo. Stay away from her ball at all times, use chains to trade. Try to bait her R using your W.
Ryze
Play around his E. Stay away from anything he E's. If you're E'd stay away from him. Try going in right when he has used his E.
Syndra
Going against a Syndra that knows how to use their E against you will be annoying. Make sure you aren't right behind a ball she could E. She can E you before you finish your W animation, so try to bait the E and then jump in. Buying Zhonyas can help with her ult a lot.
Taliyah
Make sure you dodge all of her abilities. Avoid using W over her Unraveled Earth (E). You can use your close to block her Q. I recommend going in with chains so its harder for her to aim her Q.
Talon
Don't get into his melee range because his Q will crit. Back off when you are wounded and trade when his w is down. Chain him before he ults so you can determine where he is.
Twisted Fate
Similar to Annie, go in when he doesn't have his W or Yellow Card. He doesn't really burst you down like Annie so he is a smaller threat. Make sure to ping that he is level 6 in case he decides to roam.
Veigar
Very easy. A gank will mess him up or will force his flash. Go in when his E is down or use your W to avoid it. Same as Lux, you can buy Banshee's/Zhonyas to avoid some damage.
Vel'Koz
Go in when he doesn't have his E, or make him waste it. Hide by your minions to avoid his Q. He'll most likely try to farm just using his abilities. Bait his R with your W and buy Banshee's if you are having trouble with him.
Viktor
Go in when his Q is down. Try to poke him in lane with your combos before you try to go all in on him since his Q has a shield. Dodge his stun field and ult with your W.
Vladimir
Bring ignite. Kill him as fast a possible or else he'll heal up with is Q. Hurt him with chains since it'll still root him when he W's. Stay away from him when he has Crimson Rush, or his full red bar below his health bar.
Xerath
Like Vel'koz, dodge his E and you can go in. It is easy for you to dodge his abilities late game with your W.
Zed
Level 2, he will either let you push or auto attack the minions. If he goes up to kill a minion, burst him quickly, you wont kill him, but he will probably have to use health pots. Play safe around his combo W+E+Q+AA. When he R's, he will appear on the opposite side he from where he pressed his R. Immediately use chains and your Q's to damage him. I recommend you buy Zhonyas.
Ziggs
Don't try to walk up to him to do a Q+W combo. Poke him with W+Q+E or W+Q+R+E. Hurt him with those combos as much as possible. Dodge his Q's and he will try to use his E to knock you away or escape.
Zilean
Really easy laning phase before 6, the only source of damage he has is his Q's, so avoid those. Once he has 6, try to bait his R. For example, You are going to one-shot him with Q+R+W, you should do Q+R, wait for him to use his ult, then W him once it is gone.
Zoe
All you have to do is dodge her sleep and you can win trades. Her Q hurts really bad so try to dodge it. Buy Banshee's to avoid the damage. Stay behind minions to avoid her Q.
Zyra
Before 6, she might try to poke you as much as she can. Before you go in, make sure she doesn't have her E as she will start dealing tons of damage to you. Once she has 6, I wouldn't try fighting her without a gank. She has so much damage and cc for her plants and teammates to kill you.
Rumble
This matchup should be pretty easy because he is melee. Don't get too close to him as he can start getting you low.
Swain
He wont do a lot of damage to you so go in all you want. Once he has his R, either burst him down quickly or wait it out.
Sylas
Avoid his chain after his dash. Make sure he doesn't heal with his W by staying out of range. You don't want to go into melee range with him so fight him using your chains.
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