- Win Rate
- 49.9%
- Pick Rate
- 4.5%
- Ban Rate
- 20.5%
Malzahar vs Caitlyn
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 5,949
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 12, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Malzahar vs Caitlyn is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.20. Malzahar wins with a 57.1% win rate (+14.3%) over Caitlyn based on 35 games. Malzahar holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Malzahar build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Malzahar vs Caitlyn matchup.
Malzahar Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Malzahar 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 Malzahar vs Caitlyn?
Malzahar wins 64.0% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 44.5% and 79.8% (95% range).
- Expected
- 50.4% From both champions' overall Bot win rates
- Matchup effect
- +13.6 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 25 games Lane: Bot
- vs patch 26.19
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Bot · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.20 · Oct 10 – Oct 11
They also met in another lane (Mid): 9 games, Malzahar won 44.4%.
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Malzahar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Malzahar wins 64.0% of 25 games (95% range 44.5–79.8%).
- Both champions' overall Bot win rates predict 50.4% for Malzahar; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Malzahar players pick Flash + Ignite far more often against Caitlyn: 8.3% of their other Bot games, 24.0% here.
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 Malzahar and Caitlyn 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 Malzahar'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.
Malzahar vs Caitlyn Laning Stats
Only 25 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Malzahar vs Caitlyn Win Rate by Game Length
Malzahar's win rate against Caitlyn 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: Malzahar's results against Caitlyn in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Malzahar vs Caitlyn 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 Malzahar Changes Against Caitlyn
Choices Malzahar players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Bot games.
Flash + IgniteSummoner spellsUsually8.3%vs Caitlyn24.0%+15.7 pts
Sixth SenseRuneUsually0.0%vs Caitlyn8.0%+8.0 pts
Usuallyunder 0.5%vs Caitlyn4.0%+4.0 pts
Amplifying TomeStarting itemsUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Caitlyn4.0%+4.0 pts
Lethal TempoKeystoneUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Caitlyn4.0%+4.0 pts
Health Scaling (flex)Stat shardUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Caitlyn4.0%+4.0 pts
Best Malzahar Build vs Caitlyn
Usual Malzahar build (Bot)
46.7% win rate · 30 games
Against Caitlyn
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 4 of 19 Malzahar games against Caitlyn carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Malzahar's standard build instead.
- Malzahar usually completes Blackfire Torch first, at 10.3 min (median of 20 games).
- Skill priority: E > Q > W — the same as usual.
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 Malzahar Runes vs Caitlyn
Usual Malzahar runes (Bot)
Deathfire Touch
55.0% win rate · 20 games
Against Caitlyn
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Malzahar 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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- Lane matchup win rates
- Pick and ban suggestions
Malzahar matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.20. The table below shows Malzahar'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 Malzahar build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Malzahar Matchups
Hardest for Malzahar
Easiest for Malzahar
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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Malzahar vs Caitlyn FAQ - Patch 26.20
Who wins Malzahar vs Caitlyn?
Current data slightly favors Malzahar, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Malzahar wins 64.0% of 25 games (95% range 44.5–79.8%).
What is Malzahar's win rate against Caitlyn?
Malzahar wins 64.0% of 25 Bot games against Caitlyn on patch 26.20 (95% range 44.5–79.8%). Based on both champions' overall Bot win rates, 50.4% would be expected.
Does Malzahar counter Caitlyn?
Not clearly. Malzahar wins 64.0% of 25 games against Caitlyn, and the 95% range (44.5–79.8%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Malzahar or Caitlyn?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (25) to say who wins lane.
Does Malzahar outscale Caitlyn?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Caitlyn strongest against Malzahar?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Caitlyn is ahead of Malzahar beyond the margin of error.
What should Malzahar build against Caitlyn?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Malzahar's usual Bot core: Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Blackfire Torch. The biggest change against Caitlyn: Shurelya's Battlesong (under 0.5% usually, 4.0% here).
What runes should Malzahar use against Caitlyn?
Use Malzahar's usual Deathfire Touch page (Sorcery + Inspiration); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Caitlyn: Flash + Ignite (8.3% usually, 24.0% here).