Matchup in Mid · Patch 26.16 · 37 analyzed games
In the available Mid corpus, Xerath shows a less favorable rate against Malzahar (40.5% win rate). Treat it as a signal to compare with your style, the exact matchup and team composition. Note: Malzahar takes the CS lead (230 vs 219).
| Stat | Xerath | Malzahar |
|---|---|---|
| Win rate | 40.5% | 59.5% |
| Average KDA | 7.3 / 3.3 / 6.7 | 3.3 / 5.3 / 4.7 |
| Average CS | 219 | 230 |
Across the ranked games analyzed on Patch 26.16, Malzahar wins 59.5% of the clashes in Mid (37 games). Xerath is the tough side of this matchup.
Xerath starts at a disadvantage against Malzahar: 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 37 ranked games on Patch 26.16, then statistically smoothed. Matchups with too few games are discarded to avoid misleading numbers.