Mid · 92 games · KR

Malzahar

Mid · 89% of games

On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−654 gold).

Win rate: 35.9%; ±9.8 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: D; #63 of 64
Pick rate: 1.4%; ban 0.3%
Games: 92; ranked solo/duo

Lane opponent

Any opponent

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Malzahar mid wins 35.9% of 92 ranked games in KR, rank 63 of 64 mid champions (tier D). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 10:42.

The build at a glance

What most Malzahar players run

Items 1–4: the most common path. Later items: the most common pick in the games that last that long, so fewer games.

Items, in buying orderEvery option, item by item →

Item 1

Blackfire Torch 10:58 · 75% · 68 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity 12:12 · 58% of games

Item 2

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 17:54 · 68% · 34 games

Item 3

Liandry's Torment 23:41 · 100% · 16 games

Item 4 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 32:12 · 9 of 21 games

Runes

Deathfire Touch · Sorcery + Inspiration 9% of games · 50% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 83% of games · 39% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 86% of games · 37% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Malefic Visions first 98% of games · 37% wins Skill orders →

When Malzahar wins

Win rate by game length

Win rate by when the game ended. Faded: under 30 games. Icons: when each item is usually finished.

Ends before 25′39% wins53% of games · 49

Lasts 25′ or more33% wins47% of games · 43

Lanes

Good into Twisted Fate

Easy Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Malzahar games

First tower: 57% against 18%

Win rate when the team took it firstwhen it didn't Gap

First tower 18% 57% +39

First Baron 25% 64% +39

First dragon 24% 58% +34

First blood 25% 49% +23

Rift Herald 28% 50% +22

First Voidgrubs 24% 44% +21

Taking an objective goes with winning; it isn't the whole cause. First inhibitor is left out: it mostly means the game is already won.

How Malzahar plays

Fewer multikills, fewer solo kills

What stands out (10% or more) against the average mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

Fewer multikills a game0.17 against 0.67 · −75%

Fewer solo kills a game0.8 against 1.6 · −47%

More control wards a game2.45 against 1.73 · +42%

More vision a minute0.99 against 0.85 · +16%

Less damage to towers5387 against 6333 · −15%

About average: gold, assists, deaths.

Build path

Item by item, with the clock

What players finish in each slot, and when. Pick items to follow a build: every column then shows only games that match your picks, and a picked item doesn't appear in another slot. Fewer games last long enough for items 5 and 6.

Item 1done ~10:42

Item 2done ~18:12

Item 3done ~23:54

Item 4done ~28:30

Most common full builds

Blackfire Torch › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Liandry's Torment 62.5%8 games

Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Blackfire Torch › Liandry's Torment 62.5%8 games

Blackfire Torch › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Liandry's Torment › Rylai's Crystal Scepter 16.7%6 games

Blackfire Torch › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Liandry's Torment › Zhonya's Hourglass 40.0%5 games

Blackfire Torch › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Liandry's Torment › Bloodletter's Curse 66.7%3 games

Each row stops where games ended or the next item was too rare to list on its own. Boots (dashed ring) sit where they're usually bought.

Adjust to their team

Items 2–4 against each team

Against teams with magic heavy damage

Liandry's Torment 64%11

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 38%16

Zhonya's Hourglass 20%5

Teams are grouped by their champions' usual damage, toughness, healing and crowd control, from all games.

Before the first back

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion39.5%76

Sapphire Crystal + Refillable Potion20.0%5

Dark Seal + Refillable Potion0.0%4

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~12:1234.0%53

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:0641.9%31

Spellslinger's Shoes ~15:5466.7%3

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport36.7%79

Flash + Ghost14.3%7

Exhaust + Flash50.0%4

Skills

Max

W36.7%90

Max

Q0.0%2

Start

Q34.0%50

Start

W42.3%26

Hard lanes

No clearly hard lane yet

Easy lanes

Good into Twisted Fate

Every lane opponent · 10+ games

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 0 of them

Expected: what Malzahar's and the opponent's overall win rates predict; the tick on each bar marks it. Rankings lean toward "even" until there are enough games.

Fewer than 10 games (11)

Yone 17% · 6

Galio 20% · 5

Viktor 40% · 5

Syndra 0% · 5

Talon 0% · 4

LeBlanc 100% · 4

Ahri 67% · 3

Locke 33% · 3

Sylas 33% · 3

Zed 0% · 3

Anivia 0% · 3

Malzahar vs Twisted Fate · 12 games · Early read

Malzahar does better than expected here

42%winsexpected 30%

−1085gold at 15′average −654

+4.0minions at 10′ahead or behind

8%in on first bloodsolo kills +0.42 a game

Gold lead against Twisted Fate Malzahar's average lead

Against Twisted Fate, Malzahar is behind on gold at 15 minutes in 67% of games, and still wins 25% of those. When ahead, Malzahar wins 75%.

Ahead at 15′75% wins4 games

Behind at 15′25% wins8 games

Full Malzahar vs Twisted Fate page · Coming soon

The rest of the game · 15+ games

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Enemy top Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy jungle Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy bot Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Enemy support Trouble Nothing clear yet Easier Nothing clear yet

Points above or below what both champions' overall win rates predict. Only differences that hold up after leaning small samples toward "even" are listed.

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Before 14 minutes Malzahar dies 2.3 times a game (average 2.2). 50% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 52% for the average mid laner. 36% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.3deaths per game before 14′about average (2.2)

50%involve the enemy junglerabout average (52%)

64%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (68%)

54%with no teammate nearless than average (61%)

Deaths before 14 minutes. Gank: the enemy jungler got the kill or helped. Collapse: two or more enemies, no jungler. Alone: no teammate within about a screen.

Where Malzahar dies before 14 minutes

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

Ganks: 32% in your half of mid. Collapses: 43% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 69% in your half of mid.

Each square takes the colour of the most common kind of death there; brighter = more deaths. Red-side games are flipped, so the map always reads from the blue side.

Compared with the average mid laner

What kills Malzahar

Kind of death

Malzahar Average

Gank 50% (avg 52%)Collapse 14% (avg 16%)1-v-1 36% (avg 32%)

Who gets the kill

Malzahar Average

Bot laner 7% (avg 7%)Jungler 32% (avg 29%)Support 4% (avg 6%)Mid laner 53% (avg 52%)Top laner 4% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00–5:00 and 6:00–9:00, then every minute

Malzahar Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 3:00 and 6:00. From 10:00, keep vision up: ganks come every minute.

Deaths involving the enemy jungler, per 100 games, by minute. Narrow bars: Malzahar; wide light bars behind them: the average. Highlighted: the laning peaks.

Where Malzahar wins fights

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 1.1 kills per death in their half of mid against 0.2 in your half of mid. Overall 0.7 kills per death.

Your half of mid 0.2 K/D 19 / 101

Their half of mid 1.1 K/D 32 / 28

Your jungle 0.6 K/D 16 / 28

Your half of bot lane 0.8 K/D 13 / 16

The bot-side river 2.0 K/D 16 / 8

Their jungle 1.3 K/D 13 / 10

Blue bars: kills, red bars: deaths. On the map, blue squares are where Malzahar wins more fights than they lose, red where they lose more.

At the team's dragonsWorth knowingNear 31% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 26%). The team wins 58% when Malzahar is there and 63% when not.

Malzahar

What most Malzahar players run

Win rate by game length

Good into Twisted Fate

First tower: 57% against 18%

Fewer multikills, fewer solo kills

Item by item, with the clock

Most common full builds

Items 2–4 against each team

Start, boots, spells, skills

Starting items

Boots

Summoner spells

Skills

No clearly hard lane yet

Good into Twisted Fate

Behind at 15 against 1 of 1, still wins 0 of them

Malzahar does better than expected here

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Malzahar's games

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Malzahar

Ganks come at 3:00–5:00 and 6:00–9:00, then every minute

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your half of mid

Wins fights in their half of mid, loses them in your jungle

Where fights happen