Kha'Zix vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Kha'Zix
based on 3,207 Kha'Zix vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kha'Zix vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Kha'Zix vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Kha'Zix
Tips for Playing as Kha'Zix against Malzahar
Enemies are considered isolated if they have no allies within a short distance. The damage of Taste Their Fear is massively increased against these targets.
Unseen Threat activates when Kha'Zix cannot be seen by the enemy team. Reactivate by using brush or Void Assault. Don't forget to apply Unseen Threat by autoattacking enemy champions.
Kha'Zix has a great deal of freedom to choose where and when to fight. Pick your battles carefully to succeed.
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.
Kha'Zix vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Kha'Zix in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several significant Kha'Zix versus Malzahar counter statistics that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Kha'Zix’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kha'Zix may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Kha'Zix typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kha'Zix and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Kha'Zix or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kha'Zix usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Kha'Zix makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While Kha'Zix does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Kha'Zix also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kha'Zix into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Kha'Zix has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kha'Zix vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Kha'Zix is a trash counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kha'Zix against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kha'Zix to counter Malzahar during both the early game 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 listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kha'Zix typically accumulates a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Kha'Zix versus Malzahar build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Hubris, and Opportunity. When Kha'Zix combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better versus Malzahar than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Kha'Zix boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when countering Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Malzahar as Kha'Zix, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Future's Market, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Kha'Zix vs Malzahar counters, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
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