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Malzahar Build

Bot Tier 1

Patch 26.21 · Silver+ · 2,908 gamesUpdated

51.8%win rate0.1%pick14.0%ban

Who counters Malzahar

How to build Malzahar

Sorcerer's Shoes→Blackfire Torch→Liandry's Torment→Rylai's Crystal Scepter

Sorcerer's Shoes → Blackfire Torch → Liandry's Torment → Rylai's Crystal Scepter

55.2% win rate 17% of games 417 games
RunesSorceryDeathfire TouchManaflow BandTranscendenceScorchInspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight15% of games
SpellsFlashTeleportFlash + Teleport74%
Skills
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Call of the Void
2891012
Void Swarm
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Malefic Visions
13457
Nether Grasp
61116
StartDoran's RingHealth PotionHealth PotionDoran's Ring, Health Potion, Health Potion
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Best supports for Malzahar

Who Malzahar has the best record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Worst supports for Malzahar

Who Malzahar has the worst record alongside in the bot lane this patch.

Each pairing is weighed by the games behind it, so a lucky handful cannot top either list.

Pairings are only half a team. Team Comp Tuesdays builds full five-champion compositions around picks like this.

51.8%win rate
Patch 26.20: 52.7% over 6,660 gamesPatch 26.21: 51.8% over 2,908 gameswin rate, 26.20 to 26.21
49.8%at Emerald+
0.1%pick rate
14.0%ban rate
Holdingsame as last patch
52.2%under 22 min
47.6%over 32 min

Want the written version? Our Counter Series breaks down how to actually play against champions like this, not just who wins on paper.

Recent games

Taken from as high up the ladder as this pick gets played. All 10 games from Master and above.

Win 5–10m
MASTER+
Malzahar champion portraitB Malzahar+Karma champion portraitS KarmavsViktor champion portraitB Viktor+Pantheon champion portraitS Pantheon
0 / 1 / 1

Build

Spells & runes

TeleportFlash|

Skills

EWQEER
Win 30–35m
MASTER+
Malzahar champion portraitB Malzahar+Alistar champion portraitS AlistarvsJinx champion portraitB Jinx+Lulu champion portraitS Lulu
8 / 3 / 14

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Blackfire Torch→Liandry's Torment→Shadowflame→Cryptbloom

Spells & runes

TeleportFlash|

Skills

QEWEEREQEQQRQWWWRW
Loss 15–20m
MASTER+
Malzahar champion portraitB Malzahar+Braum champion portraitS BraumvsCaitlyn champion portraitB Caitlyn+Xerath champion portraitS Xerath
2 / 2 / 0

Build

Sorcerer's Shoes|Liandry's Torment

Spells & runes

FlashTeleport|

Skills

EWQEEREQEQ

Runes

The full page most players run, not just the keystone.

Most popular 49.7% win rate · 15% of games · 348 games
SorceryDeathfire TouchManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling
Runner up 43.3% win rate · 12% of games · 291 games
SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionCoup de GracePresence of Mind
Shards Adaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

Summoner spells and early items

What people bring, and which ability they max first.

Summoner spells
pickwin
  • FlashTeleportFlash + Teleport74%52.3%2,210 games
  • FlashIgniteFlash + Ignite10%49.0%306 games

Boots and the other slot items that do not count as finished items in the full build below.

Boots
Sorcerer's Shoes81%Ionian Boots of Lucidity9%Boots of Swiftness5%
Sorcerer's Shoes most often · 52.6% win rate

Malzahar build

The items players finish, in the order they end up in the inventory.

  1. Blackfire Torch1st
  2. Rylai's Crystal Scepter2nd
  3. Liandry's Torment3rd
8% of games that reach a third item take this path51.7% win rate201 games
Every slot, boots and full build for Malzahar →

Every slot, boots and full builds

Patch 26.21 · 2,965 games with a finished item

Slot by slot

Boots

Sorcerer's ShoesSorcerer's Shoes
79% · 52.6% win rate
Ionian Boots of LucidityIonian Boots of Lucidity
9% · 50.6% win rate
Boots of SwiftnessBoots of Swiftness
5% · 49.7% win rate
BootsBoots
2% · 40.6% win rate
Slightly Magical FootwearSlightly Magical Footwear
1% · 46.5% win rate

Most common full builds

  1. Blackfire Torch›Rylai's Crystal Scepter›Liandry's Torment+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 54.6% win rate · 97 games
  2. Blackfire Torch›Liandry's Torment+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 46.6% win rate · 88 games
  3. Blackfire Torch›Liandry's Torment›Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Sorcerer's Shoes3% of games · 55.2% win rate · 87 games
  4. Blackfire Torch+Sorcerer's Shoes2% of games · 47.1% win rate · 68 games
  5. Blackfire Torch›Rylai's Crystal Scepter+Sorcerer's Shoes2% of games · 55.6% win rate · 63 games
Where these numbers come from

We read finished ranked solo queue games directly from Riot and keep a running tally. Nothing is copied from another site.

Matchups compare Malzahar against the enemy champion in the same lane, counting only games where both were actually there. The counters list pulls each matchup toward Malzahar's own win rate by 180 games' worth of it, then keeps the ones still under 50%. A matchup seen thirty times barely moves off the champion's average, and one seen a thousand times keeps close to its own number. The best and worst supports are ranked the same way, against Malzahar's average instead of 50%.

Every number here is followed by the games behind it, because that's what tells you how much to trust it. A win rate over a few hundred games is worth reading. The same number over thirty is mostly luck.

Recent games show what was built and who won. They never show who played. Rank is grouped (Master and up is one band), game length is rounded to five minutes, and there's no region or date on a card.

Every ranked game we read this patch adds its finished items here, boots aside. Items are listed in the order they sit in the inventory, which isn't always the order they were bought: a finished item takes the slot its first part was in.

Compare a win rate only with the other picks in its own slot. A fifth item mostly shows up in long games, and those skew toward the team that was already ahead, so late slots run hot whatever sits in them. A row needs 30 games before it shows up at all.

Built from real ranked games this patch. We keep the running totals, never the games themselves.

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