K'Sante vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as K'Sante
based on 1,757 K'Sante vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
K'Sante vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best K'Sante vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as K'Sante
Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Malzahar
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
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.
K'Sante vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with K'Sante in LoL
The stats shown here clarify some strategic K'Sante against Malzahar matchup stats that may help us interpret the distinctions between the two. K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Malzahar..
K'Sante usually has a similar longest kill spree as their counter does. On average, they takes more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between K'Sante and Malzahar
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Who is Better, K'Sante or Malzahar?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when playing against Malzahar, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, K'Sante makes a poor counter for Malzahar.
While K'Sante does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, K'Sante also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes them a more challenging character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking K'Sante into Malzaharas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, K'Sante also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
K'Sante is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as K'Sante against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master K'Sante in order to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
K'Sante typically accumulates a similar amount of CS as Malzahar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your K'Sante versus Malzahar build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante combined at least these three items in their build, they performed a lot better against Malzahar than with many other common builds. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 48.8% battling Malzahar with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Malzahar as K'Sante, you should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for K'Sante vs Malzahar LoL games, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
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