Malzahar vs Kayn
How to Beat Kayn as Malzahar
based on 5,717 Malzahar vs Kayn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malzahar vs Kayn Matchup Summary
Best Malzahar vs Kayn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayn as Malzahar
Tips for Playing as Malzahar against Kayn
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 Kayn
When Kayn is in terrain near you, you will get a visual warning on the edge of the terrain he's in.
Umbral Trespass requires Kayn to damage a target first. Try to dodge Blade's Reach to deny him a long range cast of Umbral Trespass.
Damage Kayn while he's in Shadow Step to shorten its duration, or apply hard crowd control (stun, charm, knockup, etc) to end Shadow Step immediately.
Malzahar vs Kayn Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayn with Malzahar in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Malzahar vs. Kayn counter stats that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Malzahar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malzahar may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kayn..
Malzahar often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes less damage than Kayn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malzahar and Kayn
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Who is Better, Malzahar or Kayn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malzahar usually wins when trying to fight Kayn, with a 52.8% win rate. Therefore, Malzahar makes a good counter for Kayn.
While Malzahar does have a higher winrate compared to Kayn, when on opposite teams, Malzahar also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Malzahar into Kayn.
Additionally, Malzahar also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Malzahar vs Kayn matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Malzahar is an above average counter to Kayn. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malzahar against Kayn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Malzahar to counter Kayn during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malzahar on average picks up much more CS as Kayn. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Malzahar versus Kayn build include Seraph's Embrace, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass. When Malzahar incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Kayn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Malzahar had an average winrate of 52.8% when countering Kayn with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Kayn as Malzahar, Malzahar players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Malzahar vs Kayn matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.8% winrate overall.
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