Matchup in Mid · Patch 26.16 · 136 analyzed games
In the available Mid corpus, Malzahar shows a less favorable rate against Katarina (42.6% win rate). Treat it as a signal to compare with your style, the exact matchup and team composition. Malzahar also out-farms this matchup (232 CS vs 169).
| Stat | Malzahar | Katarina |
|---|---|---|
| Win rate | 42.6% | 57.4% |
| Average KDA | 5.3 / 7.3 / 7.3 | 11.3 / 8.7 / 5.7 |
| Average CS | 232 | 169 |
Across the ranked games analyzed on Patch 26.16, Katarina wins 57.4% of the clashes in Mid (136 games). Malzahar is the tough side of this matchup.
Malzahar starts at a disadvantage against Katarina: play it safe early, ask your jungler for help and look to scale or influence the map rather than forcing the lane.
The win rate is computed over 136 ranked games on Patch 26.16, then statistically smoothed. Matchups with too few games are discarded to avoid misleading numbers.