Malzahar·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Malzahar Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Aftershock as your keystone, followed by Font of Life, Conditioning and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Cheap Shot and Ultimate Hunter 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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity and Malignance. For your last 3 items, you should build Zeke's Convergence, Experimental Hexplate and finish with Axiom Arc. For the skill order, you want to stick with E - Q - W. Right now, this build has 36.3% winrate over 320 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Malzahar Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Malignance as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment and Shadowflame. The skill order for this build is E - Q - W. In the current patch, this build has a 43.7% win rate over 135 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite 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 Zaz'Zak's Realmspike as your first item, then Ionian Boots of Lucidity as a second item and Malignance as a third item. You want to finish the build with Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment and Morellonomicon. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 46.7% win rate across 92 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.