Kassadin vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Kassadin
based on 1,594 Kassadin vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kassadin vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Kassadin vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Kassadin
Tips for Playing as Kassadin against Malzahar
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
Advice to Win Against Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Kassadin vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Kassadin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some critical Kassadin vs. Malzahar counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. As an example, Kassadin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kassadin may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Kassadin typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kassadin and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Kassadin or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kassadin usually wins when taking on Malzahar, with a 51.5% win rate. Therefore, Kassadin makes a good counter to Malzahar.
While Kassadin does have a higher win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Kassadin also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kassadin into Malzaharas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kassadin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kassadin vs Malzahar matchups, Kassadin is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kassadin is a decent counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kassadin against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kassadin in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kassadin usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Kassadin versus Malzahar build include Malignance, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Kassadin incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Malzahar than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kassadin boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when playing against Malzahar with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Malzahar as Kassadin, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Kassadin vs Malzahar fights, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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