Champion Team PlaybookMid

Malzahar

Win through jungle synergy.

5v5 winrate

47.8%

3,101 games · High confidence

Role rank

#66 / 84

Top 82% DPM

KDA / DPM

2.65 · 798

Reliable CCScalingTeamfight

Best style

Scaling Teamfight

Draft fit score 64/100 · Theoretical fit

5v5 vs SoloQ

-3.2 pts vs SoloQ

Priority ban

Sion

Updated Jul 19, 2026

What Malzahar gives your team

Reliable CC

5.0

Scaling

5.0

Teamfight

5.0

Waveclear

5.0

Vulnerable to dive

1.0

Hard to execute

2.0

Win condition

Win through jungle synergy.

Needs

Needs frontline.

Avoid

Avoid hard engage.

Coordinated 5v5 vs Solo Queue

5v5 WR

47.8%

SoloQ WR

51.0%

-3.2 pts

More reliable in SoloQ

SoloQ context: A · 329,523 games · 13.2% banrate

Power curve

Early

Preserve health, waves, and summoners instead of chasing low-value fights.

Mid

Group for necessary objectives only when item spikes are available.

Late

100

Force decisive 5v5s around soul, Baron, and Elder with item advantages.

Role ranking

Among 84 comparable Mid champions.

Winrate

#66 / 84

KDA

#75 / 84

DPM

#69 / 84

Damage share

#71 / 84

CS/min

#7 / 84

Build a team around Malzahar

Three bounded line-ups: the champion is locked, alternatives stay compact, and the score is draft fit, not win probability.

Best statistical fit

Scaling Teamfight

64/100

Draft fit score

Top

Maokai

Alt: Ornn · Sion

Jungle

Nunu & Willump

Alt: Maokai · Poppy

Mid

Malzahar

Locked

Bot

Swain

Alt: Jinx · Kai'Sa

Support

Taric

Alt: Braum · Poppy

Medium execution

Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes

Scaling Teamfight shapeReliable CCScaling

Weak if missing scaling damage.

early

Preserve health, waves, and summoners instead of chasing low-value fights.

mid

Group for necessary objectives only when item spikes are available.

late

Force decisive 5v5s around soul, Baron, and Elder with item advantages.

Safer execution

Pick Comp

62/100

Draft fit score

Top

Maokai

Alt: Gragas · Skarner

Jungle

Gragas

Alt: Maokai · Zac

Mid

Malzahar

Locked

Bot

Jhin

Alt: Ashe · Ziggs

Support

Blitzcrank

Alt: Maokai · Gragas

Medium execution

Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes

Pick Comp shapeReliable CCScaling

Weak if missing vision control.

early

Use pushing lanes to unlock support and jungle movement.

mid

Deny vision, hold control wards, and threaten catches before objectives.

late

Avoid fair 5v5s unless a key target is already chunked or caught.

Alternative game plan

Front to Back

59/100

Draft fit score

Top

Maokai

Alt: Ornn · Cho'Gath

Jungle

Poppy

Alt: Maokai · Nunu & Willump

Mid

Malzahar

Locked

Bot

Swain

Alt: Senna · Ashe

Support

Taric

Alt: Braum · Poppy

Easy execution

Theoretical fit · Champion profiles + composition archetypes

Front to Back shapeReliable CCScaling

Weak if missing frontline.

early

Keep lanes stable and avoid forced fights before core items.

mid

Group around dragon and mid waves with frontline first.

late

Fight slowly from vision lines and let carries kill the nearest target.

Best bans

Lane, composition and blind-draft bans use separate reasons.

Sion

Lane ban

100

Sion is a recurring SoloQ counter profile for Malzahar.

External SoloQ · High confidence

Tryndamere

Composition ban

100

Tryndamere is useful to remove when you need a stable blind draft around Malzahar.

External meta context · High confidence

Kayle

Blind-draft ban

100

Kayle is useful to remove when you need a stable blind draft around Malzahar.

External meta context · High confidence

Other viable roles

Only roles with enough analyzed games are shown here. Tiny samples are hidden from the public page.

Mid

Main role

3,101 games · High confidence

47.8%

KDA

2.65

DPM

798

40.3%

Top

Viable

231 games · High confidence

52.5%

KDA

2.48

DPM

777

35.0%

Dataset and methodology

These pages summarize high-elo coordinated 5v5 games. Public scouting sections use raw game counts for readability; weighted games remain in the methodology because lower-confidence sources count less.

Games

3,101

2,053 weighted games

Confidence

High confidence

Weighted WR 47.8%

Updated

Jul 19, 2026

Latest refresh

Source tiers

Ranked 5v5 and Flex 5 samples

Lower-confidence sources count less.

Ranked 5v5 is treated as the highest-confidence coordinated 5-player source.

Flex 5 confirmed means the same five-player group was detected across multiple games.

Flex 5 candidate is useful high-elo Flex signal, weighted lower until confirmed.

Role rankings require at least 100 raw games and 75 weighted games for each comparable champion. Secondary roles require at least 100 raw games and 50 weighted games.

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