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Malzahar Build, Runes & Counters for Coordinated 5v5

Team-focused Malzahar data from 1,581 Master+ coordinated 5v5 games, including Flex 5 and Ranked 5v5 data where available. This is not Solo Queue data. Malzahar has an observed 49.0% win rate as Mid in the current sample.

Win rate
49.0%
Games
1,581
Patch
16.20
D
Role tier
Mid
Master+ pool
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Malzahar Build

Items for the selected keystone (1091 games).

Summoner spells

48.6% WR · 1,353 games
FlashTeleport

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

Trinket

Stealth Ward

Items

Start
Doran's Ring
Health Potion2
52.6%
→
1st
Blackfire Torch
51.0%
Alternatives
Malignance55%
→
2nd
Liandry's Torment
49.4%
Alternatives
Rylai's Crystal Scepter56%
→
3rd
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
51.6%
Alternatives
Shadowflame54%
→
4th
Zhonya's Hourglass
56.5%
→
5th
Rabadon's Deathcap
47.4%

Malzahar Skill Order

Void Shift
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Malzahar Runes

Most observed exact rune page per keystone.

48.0% WR · 292 games
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Arcane Comet
Stormraider's Surge
Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist
Manaflow Band
Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence
Celerity
Absolute Focus
Scorch
Waterwalking
Gathering Storm
Inspiration
Hextech Flashtraption
Magical Footwear
Cash Back
Triple Tonic
Time Warp Tonic
Biscuit Delivery
Cosmic Insight
Approach Velocity
Jack Of All Trades
Adaptive Force
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health
Tenacity and Slow Resist
Health Scaling
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Malzahar Counters

Who Malzahar beats and struggles against in Master+ coordinated games.

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Good against

Ryze
Ryze
+13.2%
57 games
Akali
Akali
+8.5%
84 games
Smolder
Smolder
+8.1%
186 games
Aurelion Sol
Aurelion Sol
+7.6%
54 games

Bad against

Xerath
Xerath
-10.1%
97 games
Anivia
Anivia
-11.2%
65 games
Diana
Diana
-11.5%
56 games
Ekko
Ekko
-7.7%
71 games

Best Teammates for Malzahar

Build around Malzahar Mid: team style, supports and alternatives from Master+ coordinated games.

Best compo type for Malzahar

Scaling Teamfight
Scaling Teamfight

Reach the item breakpoints that turn one late 5v5 into the game.

Best junglers with Malzahar

Lee Sin
Lee Sin
47.0%
270 games

If Malzahar is banned

Hwei
Hwei
51.7%
Late game · Magic damage · Scaling
Anivia
Anivia
51.0%
Late game · Magic damage · Scaling
Taliyah
Taliyah
52.3%
Late game · Magic damage · Scaling
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Is Malzahar a good team or soloQ champ?

Team≈SoloQ

Malzahar
Lee Sin
Master+ ranked 5v5
49.0%
similar in both queues
Team 49.0%SoloQ 50.4%

Similar win rates

Malzahar converts similarly in SoloQ and Master+ team queues. The Master+ profile shows how the coordinated games look.

Malzahar vs other mids in Master+ teams
#1 = best among mids
Damage/min793
Below average#112 of 173
Role landmarks
Taric
low
Zac
25%
Evelynn
50%
Pantheon
75%
Karthus
top
Gold/min417
Below average#97 of 173
Role landmarks
Yuumi
low
Neeko
25%
Nasus
50%
Kassadin
75%
Zeri
top
Kill part.40.2%
Bottom quarter#144 of 173
Role landmarks
Belveth
low
Yone
25%
Ivern
50%
Briar
75%
Braum
top
CS/min7.90
Top quarter#16 of 173
Role landmarks
Yuumi
low
Ashe
25%
Zaahen
50%
Riven
75%
Sivir
top
Vision/min0.78
Top quarter#26 of 173
Role landmarks
Nilah
low
Nunu
25%
Katarina
50%
Viego
75%
FiddleSticks
top
Damage share21.6%
Below average#112 of 173
Role landmarks
Soraka
low
Zac
25%
MissFortune
50%
Azir
75%
Karthus
top

How Malzahar Performs in Coordinated 5v5

Data-backed notes from the Malzahar Master+ sample on this page.

In LoL Tracker's Master+ coordinated sample on patch 16.20, Malzahar is tracked primarily as Mid across 1,581 games with an observed 49.0% win rate. These results come from Flex 5 and Ranked 5v5 team games rather than standard Solo Queue.

Malzahar appears most frequently in Scaling Teamfight drafts across 4,048 observed games in that style.

Matchup signal for Malzahar currently points to stronger published lanes into Ryze and tougher published lanes into Xerath, using only medium-or-better coordinated samples.

RyzeXerath