Malzahar vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Malzahar
based on 3,708 Malzahar vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Malzahar vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Malzahar in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several important Malzahar vs. Kayle matchup stats that can help us grasp the differences between these two champions. Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayle..
Malzahar typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes less damage than Kayle. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Kayle
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Kayle?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually fairs equally well when taking on Kayle, with a 49.4% win rate. As a result, Malzahar makes an ok counter to Kayle.
While Malzahar does have a lower winrate compared to Kayle, when they face off with one another, Malzahar also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Malzahar into Kayle.
Furthermore, Malzahar has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kayle. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Malzahar is a somewhat poor counter to Kayle. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malzahar in order to counter Kayle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar typically racks up a similar amount of CS as Kayle. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malzahar versus Kayle build include Seraph's Embrace, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when facing Kayle than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 49.4% when playing against Kayle with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Kayle as Malzahar, Malzahar players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Malzahar vs Kayle battles, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
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