Malzahar Counters

Who counters Malzahar? Matchups by role · Patch 26.16

Find the counters and matchups of Malzahar on Patch 26.16, computed from analyzed ranked games (minimum 20 games per matchup). Their hardest matchup: Katarina (42.6% win rate over 136 games). Conversely, Malzahar has a more favorable win rate against Xerath (59.5%) in the available corpus. Also check out Malzahar's build and runes.

Mid Lane1,451 games

Hardest matchups: who counters Malzahar

Katarina136 games · Malzahar vs Katarina
42.6%Malzahar's WR
Hwei27 games · Malzahar vs Hwei
33.3%Malzahar's WR
Syndra168 games · Malzahar vs Syndra
45.2%Malzahar's WR
Akali27 games · Malzahar vs Akali
37.0%Malzahar's WR
Viktor221 games · Malzahar vs Viktor
47.1%Malzahar's WR
Lux27 games · Malzahar vs Lux
44.4%Malzahar's WR

Matchups with the most favorable rates for Malzahar

Xerath37 games · Malzahar vs Xerath
59.5%Malzahar's WR
Zed114 games · Malzahar vs Zed
50.9%Malzahar's WR
Sylas37 games · Malzahar vs Sylas
51.4%Malzahar's WR
Yone45 games · Malzahar vs Yone
51.1%Malzahar's WR
Smolder53 games · Malzahar vs Smolder
50.9%Malzahar's WR
Locke57 games · Malzahar vs Locke
50.9%Malzahar's WR

All Malzahar matchups

18 opponents analysed against Malzahar. Open a matchup for both sides in detail.

Frequently asked questions

Who counters Malzahar on Patch 26.16?

The champions that counter Malzahar the most are Katarina, Hwei, Syndra. These matchups show the lowest win rates for Malzahar across the ranked games analyzed.

Who is Malzahar strong against?

Malzahar has its best win rates against Xerath, Zed, Sylas. These are favorable matchups to use to win your lane.

How are Malzahar's counters calculated?

For every opponent met in the same lane, I measure Malzahar's real win rate across ranked games. Matchups with too few games are discarded, and the ranking is statistically smoothed (Bayesian average) so a small sample is not overrated.