Katarina vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Katarina
based on 4,352 Katarina vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Katarina vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Katarina vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Katarina
Tips for Playing as Katarina against Malzahar
Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.
Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.
Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.
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.
Katarina vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Katarina in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several critical Katarina against Malzahar counter statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between this set of champions. Katarina’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Katarina may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malzahar. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Katarina usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives more damage than Malzahar. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Katarina and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Katarina or Malzahar?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Katarina usually loses when facing off against Malzahar, with a 47.9% win rate. As a result, Katarina makes a bad counter to Malzahar.
While Katarina does have a lower win rate compared to Malzahar, when they face off with one another, Katarina also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Katarina into Malzaharas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Katarina has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Katarina vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Katarina is a terribly counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Katarina against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Katarina in order to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Katarina typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Malzahar. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Katarina versus Malzahar build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Katarina included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Malzahar than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Katarina boasted an average win rate of 47.9% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Malzahar as Katarina, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Sudden Impact, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Katarina vs Malzahar LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malzahar as Katarina are given for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific rank, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.