Malzahar·Mid Build
Win rate | 50.9% |
Pick rate | 3.5% |
Ban rate | 4.0% |
Matches | 46 999- |
Malzahar Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 54.0% based on 13 433 matches
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54.0%2nd Most Popular
53.3%Alternative
52.5%Off-Meta
49.9%Top Players ALL
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49.8%Ahri
49.5%runes
spells
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items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 14 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 19 min
Full Build
ability order
E
Q
W
Skills
situational items
Malzahar Matchups Overview
Malzahar General information
Malzahar tips and tricks
If you cannot get kills with your Ultimate R in lane, push the wave and look to roam and make use of it elsewhere.
In team fights, when the enemy engages, use your Ultimate R on the closest enemy champion. Alternatively, you can Flash R and catch an enemy whose alone and too far forward.
Your Passive shield has a very long cooldown in the early game, so you’ll have to play a little safer while it’s down.
Malzahar combos
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The Best Malzahar Builds, Runes and Items for Mid in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Malzahar Mid build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Summon Aery as your keystone, followed by Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, as well as Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Blackfire Torch as your first item, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes and Liandry's Torment. For your last 3 items, you should build Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Rabadon's Deathcap and finish with Void Staff. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 54.0% winrate over 13 433 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Malzahar Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Arcane Comet as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Gathering Storm in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health Scaling in defense. The items for the build are Blackfire Torch, which you should build first, followed by Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item and Liandry's Torment as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Rabadon's Deathcap and Void Staff. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 53.3% win rate over 4 646 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Summon Aery as your keystone, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Malignance as your first item, then Sorcerer's Shoes as a second item and Liandry's Torment as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass and Rabadon's Deathcap. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it E - Q - W. This build is currently sitting at a 52.5% win rate across 3 730 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Malzahar Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch as your primary rune tree, and Coup de Grace with Presence of Mind as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health Scaling as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Archangel's Staff as your first item, then finish Sorcerer's Shoes as your second item, and Liandry's Torment as third item. The last 3 options are Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass and Morellonomicon. The ability order for this build is E - Q - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 49.9% win rate over 621 matches played.
Situational Malzahar Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Malzahar build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Malzahar runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Malzahar Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Mid in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.24 the best possible matchups for Malzahar Mid are:
- vs. Jayce - 60.4% win rate over 407 games.
- vs. Azir - 57.2% win rate over 551 games.
- vs. Zoe - 57.0% win rate over 635 games.
- vs. LeBlanc - 56.2% win rate over 1 709 games.
- vs. Vladimir - 56.2% win rate over 1 108 games.
Consider picking Malzahar into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Mid matchups that currently are in favor of Malzahar.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Malzahar in the current patch into the following Mid matchups:
- vs. Swain - 43.0% win rate over 633 games.
- vs. Akshan - 45.1% win rate over 474 games.
- vs. Aurelion Sol - 45.9% win rate over 651 games.
- vs. Talon - 46.3% win rate over 659 games.
- vs. Anivia - 46.9% win rate over 486 games.
These champions are considered as Malzahar counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Malzahar counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.