Malzahar vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Malzahar
based on 1,594 Malzahar vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Kassadin
Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.
Advice to Win Against Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Malzahar vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Malzahar in LoL
The stats provided here feature some significant Malzahar versus Kassadin counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between these two champions. For instance, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kassadin..
Malzahar typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Kassadin. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Kassadin?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually loses when taking on Kassadin, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a poor counter to Kassadin.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate compared to Kassadin, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Malzahar into Kassadin.
Additionally, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This often 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 in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Kassadin matchups, Kassadin is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter for Kassadin. Focus your play on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Malzahar against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar in order to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Kassadin. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Malzahar versus Kassadin build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Kassadin than with most other common builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 48.5% battling Kassadin with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Kassadin as Malzahar, Malzahar players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Malzahar vs Kassadin LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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