Top · 41 games · KR

MalzaharTop build & runes · KR

Top · 7% of games Mid · 90%

On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−641 gold).

Win rate: 46.3%; ±15.3 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: C; #59 of 92
Pick rate: 0.2%; ban 0.6%
Games: 41; ranked solo/duo

Malzahar top wins 46.3% of 41 ranked games in KR, rank 59 of 92 top champions (tier C). 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 11:12 · 78% · 31 games

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity 14:24 · 46% of games

Item 2

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 17:30 · 76% · 16 games

Item 3 · late game

Liandry's Torment 23:42 · 9 of 22 games

Runes

Deathfire Touch · Sorcery + Inspiration 12% of games · 40% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 95% of games · 46% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 71% of games · 38% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Malefic Visions first 100% of games · 46% 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′55% wins49% of games · 20

Lasts 25′ or more42% wins46% of games · 19

Lanes

No clear counters yet

Points above or below Malzahar's own win rate (46.3%). Every opponent, minute by minute →

What wins Malzahar games

First Baron: 86% against 26%

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

First Baron 26% 86% +60

First tower 23% 74% +51

Rift Herald 35% 61% +26

First dragon 37% 55% +18

First Voidgrubs 42% 50% +8

First blood 48% 44% −4

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

More control wards, fewer multikills

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

More control wards a game1.93 against 0.99 · +95%

Fewer multikills a game0.24 against 0.38 · −37%

Fewer solo kills a game1.4 against 2.1 · −35%

Less damage to towers5846 against 8218 · −29%

More assists a game6.1 against 5.0 · +23%

About average: share of team damage, gold.

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 ~18:00

Item 3done ~24:06

Item 4done ~30:18

Most common full builds

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Liandry's Torment 37.5%8 games

Blackfire Torch › Ionian Boots of Lucidity › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Zhonya's Hourglass 25.0%4 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Rylai's Crystal Scepter 33.3%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

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 83%6

Liandry's Torment 50%8

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 Potion46.2%39

Sapphire Crystal + Refillable Potion50.0%2

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~14:2447.4%19

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:4833.3%12

Boots of Swiftness ~9:1883.3%6

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport37.9%29

Flash + Ghost83.3%6

Flash + Ignite60.0%5

Skills

Max

W46.3%41

Start

Q44.0%25

Start

W50.0%8

Dies more than most top laners

Before 14 minutes Malzahar dies 3.0 times a game (average 2.5). 31% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 40% for the average top laner. 62% are fair 1-v-1s.

3.0deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.5)

31%involve the enemy junglerless than average (40%)

38%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (48%)

77%with no teammate nearless than average (84%)

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 top lane

Ganks: 67% in your half of top lane. Collapses: 50% in your half of top lane. 1-v-1s: 76% in your half of top lane.

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 top laner

What kills Malzahar

Kind of death

Malzahar Average

Gank 31% (avg 40%)Collapse 6% (avg 8%)1-v-1 62% (avg 52%)

Who gets the kill

Malzahar Average

Bot laner 0% (avg 1%)Jungler 18% (avg 25%)Support 1% (avg 2%)Mid laner 7% (avg 7%)Top laner 74% (avg 64%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 2:00–6:00 and 7:00–10:00

Malzahar Peak Average top laner

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Ward the river before 2:00 and 7:00.

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 top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Before 14 minutes: 1.1 kills per death in their half of top lane against 0.3 in your half of top lane. Overall 0.5 kills per death.

Your half of top lane 0.3 K/D 28 / 89

Their half of top lane 1.1 K/D 25 / 23

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 dragonsNo clear difference yetNear 15% of their team's dragon takes (average top laner 16%). The team wins 45% when Malzahar is there and 60% when not.

Leaving laneNo clear difference yetFirst shows up in mid lane around 16:00 (average 16:00). Top laners who get there by 14:00 win 51% against 50%; for Malzahar it is 25% against 55%.

MalzaharTop build & runes · KR

What most Malzahar players run

Win rate by game length

No clear counters yet

First Baron: 86% against 26%

More control wards, fewer multikills

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

No clearly easy lane yet

Not enough games yet

Enemies: nothing clear yet

Teammates that change Malzahar's games

Dies more than most top laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of top lane

What kills Malzahar

Ganks come at 2:00–6:00 and 7:00–10:00

Wins fights in their half of top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Where fights happen

Where fights happen