Top · 30 games

Malzahar

On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−303 gold), and still wins 60%.

Win rate: 60.0%; ±17.5 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #27 of 95
Pick rate: 0.2%; ban 0.8%
Games: 30; ranked solo/duo

Malzahar top wins 60.0% of 30 ranked games, rank 27 of 95 top champions (tier B). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 11:18.

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 11:20 · 75% · 21 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 13:42 · 53% of games

Item 2

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 18:24 · 76% · 13 games

Item 3 · late game

Liandry's Torment 23:42 · 11 of 18 games

Runes

Deathfire Touch · Sorcery + Inspiration 7% of games · 100% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 87% of games · 58% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 77% of games · 65% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Malefic Visions first 97% of games · 59% 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.

Lasts 25′ or more59% wins73% of games · 22

Lanes

No clear counters yet

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

What wins Malzahar games

First Baron: 94% against 15%

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

First Baron 15% 94% +79

First blood 38% 86% +48

First tower 33% 78% +44

First dragon 33% 78% +44

Rift Herald 56% 67% +11

First Voidgrubs 71% 46% −24

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 game1.00 against 0.68 · +47%

Fewer multikills a game0.23 against 0.41 · −44%

Fewer solo kills a game1.3 against 2.1 · −38%

More assists a game7.2 against 5.2 · +38%

Less damage to towers6624 against 8411 · −21%

About average: kill participation, 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 ~11:18

Item 2done ~19:06

Item 3done ~23:42

Item 4done ~29:12

Most common full builds

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Liandry's Torment 55.6%9 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 67%9

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 63%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 Potion57.7%26

Cull100.0%1

Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion + Health Potion100.0%1

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:4268.8%16

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~15:4255.6%9

Boots of Swiftness ~14:5450.0%4

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport65.2%23

Flash + Ignite33.3%3

Flash + Ghost33.3%3

Skills

Max

W58.6%29

Max

Q100.0%1

Start

Q61.5%13

Start

W41.7%12

Dies more than most top laners

Before 14 minutes Malzahar dies 3.0 times a game (average 2.4). 34% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 40% for the average top laner. 61% are fair 1-v-1s.

3.0deaths per game before 14′more than average (2.4)

34%involve the enemy junglerless than average (40%)

39%outnumbered (2+ enemies)less than average (49%)

84%with no teammate nearabout average (83%)

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: 53% in your half of top lane. Collapses: 40% in your half of top lane. 1-v-1s: 72% 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 34% (avg 40%)Collapse 6% (avg 9%)1-v-1 61% (avg 51%)

Who gets the kill

Malzahar Average

Bot laner 0% (avg 2%)Jungler 19% (avg 24%)Support 1% (avg 2%)Mid laner 7% (avg 7%)Top laner 72% (avg 63%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 3:00, 5:00–8:00 and 9:00, then every minute

Malzahar Peak Average top laner

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Ward the river before 3:00, 5:00 and 9:00. 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 top lane, loses them in your half of top lane

Before 14 minutes: 0.6 kills per death in their half of top lane against 0.2 in your half of top lane. Overall 0.4 kills per death.

Your half of top lane 0.2 K/D 14 / 57

Their half of top lane 0.6 K/D 11 / 20

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 22% of their team's dragon takes (average top laner 17%). The team wins 57% when Malzahar is there and 84% when not.

Leaving laneNo clear difference yetFirst shows up in mid lane around 17:00 (average 16:00). Top laners who get there by 14:00 win 51% against 50%; for Malzahar it is 55% against 63%.

Malzahar

What most Malzahar players run

Win rate by game length

No clear counters yet

First Baron: 94% against 15%

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 3:00, 5:00–8:00 and 9:00, then every minute

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

Where fights happen

Where fights happen