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Malzahar vs Zed

You playMalzahar

Tier 350% win#23 mid

Malzahar full build

An even matchup

51.4%

2,152 games across 3 sites, up to 2.0 points apart

AgainstZed

49% win#10 midTier 2

Zed full build
51.4%48.6%

How to play it

Push lane quickly while avoiding Zed’s combos. Malzahar’s [P] can somewhat block the damage on Zed’s (W)-(E)-(Q) combo, so try to focus on farming lane and growing.

Lane tip from this patch's games, play defensive

Against your usual Malzahar

Same as usual: keystone, spells, start, boots, core, max order

Full build into Zed

Mid lane, this patch's games

Start

Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion

52.3% win90% pick

Spells

FlashTeleport

51.3% win78% pick

Runes

Deathfire TouchManaflow BandTranscendenceScorchMagical FootwearCosmic InsightAdaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

53.8% win23% pick

Boots

Sorcerer's Shoes

52.7% win67% pick

Core

Blackfire TorchLiandry's TormentRylai's Crystal Scepter

59.1% win24% pick

Skills

FirstEWQ

MaxEQW

Sample A51.2%555 games
Sample B53.2%891 games
Sample C51.7%706 games−323 gold at 15
See this lane as Zed

Malzahar's easiest lanes

Malzahar's win rate. Rare opponents rank lower.

  1. Zoe791 games57.2%
  2. Yasuo2,242 games55.4%
  3. LeBlanc1,864 games54.0%
  4. Qiyana524 games55.2%
  5. Vex536 games55.1%

Malzahar's hardest lanes

Malzahar's win rate. Rare opponents rank lower.

  1. Diana781 games42.7%
  2. Hwei948 games43.2%
  3. Ekko1,176 games45.1%
  4. Ahri2,678 games47.0%
  5. Syndra2,003 games46.7%

Who beats Zed

Their win rate into Zed. Rare opponents rank lower.

  1. Malphite1,369 games55.8%
  2. Akshan1,085 games55.7%
  3. Anivia1,038 games54.7%
  4. Pantheon560 games55.7%
  5. Annie884 games54.8%

Numbers from Sample A (collected 6 Nov), Sample B (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov) and Sample C (Emerald+, collected 6 Nov), ranked Solo/Duo, patch 16.22. Combined win rates weight each sample by its games. Next Queue doesn't collect these games itself.