Kindred vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Kindred
based on 2,410 Kindred vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kindred vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Kindred vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Kindred
Tips for Playing as Kindred against Malzahar
Pick which Hunts you want to pursue carefully; getting many of them is the key to success as the game goes on.
Don't go in first to a large team fight. Wait for your teammates to initiate.
Moving around between attacks while jungling will help you avoid damage and also generate more heals from Wolf's Frenzy.
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.
Kindred vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Kindred in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several critical Kindred against Malzahar counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Kindred’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kindred may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Malzahar..
Kindred typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their counter does. Commonly, they receives more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kindred and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Kindred or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Kindred usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Kindred makes a poor counter to Malzahar.
While Kindred does have a lower winrate compared to Malzahar, when facing one another, Kindred also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kindred into Malzahar.
Additionally, Kindred also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kindred vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Kindred is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kindred against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kindred in order to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kindred most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Kindred versus Malzahar build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Terminus, and Kraken Slayer. When Kindred used at least these three items in their build, they did much better versus Malzahar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Kindred boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Malzahar with these items in their kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Malzahar as Kindred, Kindred players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kindred vs Malzahar counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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