Kaynvs Malzahar
Kayn vs Malzahar is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.19. Malzahar wins with a 60.0% win rate (+20.0%) over Kayn based on 5 games. Malzahar wins the early laning phase while Kayn scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Kayn build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Kayn vs Malzahar matchup.
Kayn Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Kayn performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Kayn vs Malzahar?
Kayn wins 75.0% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 30.1% and 95.4% (95% range).
- Expected
- 52.5% From both champions' overall Jungle win rates
- Matchup effect
- +22.5 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 4 games Lane: Jungle
Lane: Jungle · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.19 · Sep 25 – Sep 28
They also met in another lane (Top): 4 games, Kayn won 50.0%.
Key takeaways
- Only 4 Kayn vs Malzahar games were recorded in the Jungle role on patch 26.19 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Kayn and Malzahar played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Kayn's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Kayn vs Malzahar Laning Stats
Only 4 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Kayn vs Malzahar Win Rate by Game Length
Kayn's win rate against Malzahar by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Kayn's results against Malzahar in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Kayn vs Malzahar Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Kayn Changes Against Malzahar
Only 4 games so far — too few to compare what Kayn players do in this matchup with their usual choices (needs 20).
Best Kayn Build vs Malzahar
Usual Kayn build (Jungle)
67.7% win rate · 127 games
Against Malzahar
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 0 of 4 Kayn games against Malzahar carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Kayn's standard build instead.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Kayn Runes vs Malzahar
Usual Kayn runes (Jungle)
Fleet Footwork
81.3% win rate · 16 games
Against Malzahar
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Kayn draft in Draft Lab
Draft Lab lays out both teams lane by lane with live matchup win rates, damage profiles and game-phase lean, and suggests picks and bans from current meta data.
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Kayn matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.19. The table below shows Kayn's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Kayn build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Kayn Matchups
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Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Kayn vs Malzahar FAQ - Patch 26.19
Who wins Kayn vs Malzahar?
Only 4 Kayn vs Malzahar games were recorded in the Jungle role on patch 26.19 — too few to say who is favored. Treat the numbers below as provisional.
What is Kayn's win rate against Malzahar?
Kayn wins 75.0% of 4 Jungle games against Malzahar on patch 26.19 (95% range 30.1–95.4%). Based on both champions' overall Jungle win rates, 52.5% would be expected.
Does Kayn counter Malzahar?
There are only 4 Kayn vs Malzahar games in this lane on patch 26.19 — too few to answer reliably yet.
Who wins lane, Kayn or Malzahar?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (4) to say who wins lane.
Does Kayn outscale Malzahar?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Malzahar strongest against Kayn?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Malzahar is ahead of Kayn beyond the margin of error.
What should Kayn build against Malzahar?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Kayn's usual Jungle core: Voltaic Cyclosword, Hubris, Death's Dance.
What runes should Kayn use against Malzahar?
Use Kayn's usual Fleet Footwork page (Precision + Inspiration); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page.