Chaaaaaaaarge!!! can be cast at a great range. Try and predict where the enemy team will be by the time you reach them.
The last hit of Violent Tendencies deals more damage than the first three - make sure you hit it!
Kled generates some courage by killing minions, but gets much more from fighting Champions.
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.
The stats provided here highlight several important Kled versus Malzahar matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the two. Kled’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Kled may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Kled often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Kled usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malzahar, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Kled makes an ok counter for Malzahar.
While Kled does have a higher winrate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Kled also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Kled into Malzaharas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Kled has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kled vs Malzahar matchups, Kled is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Kled is a decent counter to Malzahar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kled against Malzahar.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Kled to counter Malzahar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention 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.
Kled often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Malzahar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Kled versus Malzahar build consist of Black Cleaver, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Kled incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Malzahar than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Kled had an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Malzahar as Kled, Kled players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Demolish, and Bone Plating runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kled vs Malzahar counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.5% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malzahar as Kled are given for every ranked division. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.