Mid · 144 games · NA

Malzahar

Mid · 89% of games

Strongest when games end at 20–25 minutes (62%). On average behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes (−196 gold), and still wins 52%.

Win rate: 52.1%; ±8.2 · role avg 50.0%
Tier: B; #22 of 70
Pick rate: 2.3%; ban 1.8%
Games: 144; ranked solo/duo

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Malzahar mid wins 52.1% of 144 ranked games in NA, rank 22 of 70 mid champions (tier B). Most players finish Blackfire Torch first, at about 10:12.

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 10:40 · 85% · 122 games

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes 13:06 · 66% of games

Item 2

Liandry's Torment 19:06 · 50% · 54 games

Item 3

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 23:05 · 86% · 24 games

Item 4 · late game

Zhonya's Hourglass 28:36 · 8 of 30 games

Item 5 · late game

Morellonomicon 35:54 · 6 of 9 games

Runes

Deathfire Touch · Sorcery + Inspiration 13% of games · 74% wins All runes →

Start

Doran's Ring + Health Potion 95% of games · 51% wins Other starts →

Spells

Flash + Teleport 86% of games · 54% wins Other spells →

Skill order

Max Malefic Visions first 97% of games · 53% wins Skill orders →

When Malzahar wins

Best when games end at 20–25′

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

Ends before 25′59% wins35% of games · 51

Lasts 25′ or more51% wins61% of games · 88

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: 81% against 26%

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

First Baron 26% 81% +55

First dragon 30% 75% +45

First tower 37% 63% +26

First blood 40% 66% +25

Rift Herald 41% 65% +24

First Voidgrubs 44% 61% +17

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 mid laner. Blue: better for winning, red: worse.

More control wards a game1.12 against 0.64 · +75%

Fewer multikills a game0.37 against 0.77 · −52%

Fewer solo kills a game1.0 against 1.8 · −47%

More assists a game7.3 against 6.2 · +17%

More minions a minute8.3 against 7.5 · +10%

About average: gold, 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 ~10:18

Item 2done ~18:24

Item 3done ~24:24

Item 4done ~30:06

Item 5done ~35:18

Most common full builds

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Liandry's Torment 70.0%20 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Rylai's Crystal Scepter 45.0%20 games

Malignance › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Rylai's Crystal Scepter 75.0%4 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Shadowflame 50.0%4 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Liandry's Torment › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Zhonya's Hourglass 100.0%4 games

Blackfire Torch › Sorcerer's Shoes › Rylai's Crystal Scepter › Liandry's Torment › Zhonya's Hourglass 100.0%4 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

Zhonya's Hourglass 80%5

Bloodletter's Curse 67%6

Liandry's Torment 57%37

Rylai's Crystal Scepter 55%33

Shadowflame 55%11

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 Potion51.1%137

Sapphire Crystal + Refillable Potion50.0%2

Doran's Helm + Health Potion100.0%1

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes ~13:0650.5%95

Ionian Boots of Lucidity ~12:0660.0%35

Mercury's Treads ~12:4880.0%5

Summoner spells

Flash + Teleport54.0%124

Flash + Ignite40.0%10

Flash + Ghost33.3%9

Skills

Max

W52.9%140

Max

Q25.0%4

Start

Q59.4%69

Start

W40.7%59

Dies about as often as most mid laners

Before 14 minutes Malzahar dies 2.1 times a game (average 2.2). 50% of those deaths involve the enemy jungler, against 49% for the average mid laner. 32% are fair 1-v-1s.

2.1deaths per game before 14′about average (2.2)

50%involve the enemy junglerabout average (49%)

68%outnumbered (2+ enemies)about average (66%)

60%with no teammate nearabout 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: 38% in your half of mid. Collapses: 33% in your half of mid. 1-v-1s: 70% 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 49%)Collapse 18% (avg 18%)1-v-1 32% (avg 34%)

Who gets the kill

Malzahar Average

Bot laner 5% (avg 7%)Jungler 30% (avg 27%)Support 5% (avg 7%)Mid laner 54% (avg 54%)Top laner 6% (avg 5%)

Gank clock

Ganks come at 9:00, then every minute

Malzahar Peak Average mid laner

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Ward the river before 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 jungle, loses them in your half of mid

Before 14 minutes: 1.3 kills per death in their jungle against 0.3 in your half of mid. Overall 0.7 kills per death.

Your half of mid 0.3 K/D 37 / 145

Their half of mid 1.3 K/D 53 / 42

Your jungle 0.6 K/D 22 / 34

The bot-side river 0.9 K/D 24 / 26

The top-side river 1.0 K/D 18 / 18

Their jungle 1.3 K/D 17 / 13

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 29% of their team's dragon takes (average mid laner 29%). The team wins 76% when Malzahar is there and 75% when not.

Malzahar

What most Malzahar players run

Best when games end at 20–25′

No clear counters yet

First Baron: 81% 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 about as often as most mid laners

Ganks and collapses both hit your half of mid

What kills Malzahar

Ganks come at 9:00, then every minute

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

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

Where fights happen