Kayle vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Kayle
based on 3,708 Kayle vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Kayle vs Malzahar Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Kayle Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Malzahar as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Malzahar
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Kayle in LoL
The stats shown here show some vital Kayle against Malzahar matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
Kayle often has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she takes more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayle and Malzahar
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Kayle or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kayle usually fairs equally well when taking on Malzahar, with a 50.6% win rate. Thus, Kayle makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate than Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Kayle also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Kayle into Malzaharas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Malzahar matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Kayle is a decent counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Malzahar.
Other Champion Matchups Against Kayle
Additional Information for Kayle Players
How We Calculated Our Kayle vs Malzahar Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kayle in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They 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 have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kayle versus Malzahar build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Kayle used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Malzahar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayle had an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Malzahar as Kayle, Kayle players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Kayle vs Malzahar clashes, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Malzahar as Kayle are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.