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Malzahar matchups

Tier 5#58 Top2Full build
You playMalzahar

Tier 551.7% win · #58 top

Darius favoured47.5%Malzahar wins 47.5% of games into Darius, well below the 51.7% Malzahar wins overall.
AgainstDarius

Tier 151.0% win · #2 top

47.5%52.5%

80 gamesSample C 47.5%Gold at 15 −379Sample A, Sample B, Sample C · Emerald+ · 6 Nov

Overall win rate by rank, not this matchup:Malzahar: Gold 51.3% · Plat 50.2% · Emerald 52.4% · Diamond 49.4%

Lane plan

No lane tip for this matchup yet; the facts on the right still hold.

  • Flash

    You take Flash + Teleport (63.8%).

Malzahar's build

Sample B · Emerald+ · 2,161 games · 6 Nov · every Malzahar game, no Darius build yet

Items

Most built at each step, in buy order; small icons are the other picks

  1. Start0:00

    Doran's RingHealth PotionHealth Potion

    Doran's Ring + Health Potion + Health Potion

    82.2% of games · 53.1% win
    • Tear of the GoddessHealth PotionHealth Potion52.3%
    • Sapphire CrystalRefillable Potion50.0%

  2. First back

    Amplifying TomeLost ChapterSapphire Crystal

    Amplifying Tome, Lost Chapter, Sapphire Crystal

    Bought in most games

  3. 1st item11 min

    Blackfire Torch

    Blackfire Torch

    67.4% of games · 54.1% win
    • Malignance51.3%
    • Rylai's Crystal Scepter50.7%

  4. 2nd item19 min

    Liandry's Torment

    Liandry's Torment

    37.6% of games · 54.6% win
    • Rylai's Crystal Scepter54.9%
    • Blackfire Torch48.6%

  5. 3rd item25 min

    Liandry's Torment

    Liandry's Torment

    25.0% of games · 58.0% win
    • Rylai's Crystal Scepter57.8%
    • Shadowflame59.2%

  6. Boots15 min

    Sorcerer's Shoes

    Sorcerer's Shoes

    65.7% of games · 54.1% win
    • Ionian Boots of Lucidity54.1%
    • Boots of Swiftness51.3%

  7. Late31–36 min

    Zhonya's HourglassShadowflameRabadon's Deathcap

    Zhonya's Hourglass, Shadowflame or Rabadon's Deathcap

    One of them, for what you're facing

Runes

Most played page, 1,440 games

SorcerySorcery

  1. Deathfire TouchDeathfire Touchpicked in 66.6%
  2. Manaflow BandManaflow Bandpicked in 92.3%
  3. TranscendenceTranscendencepicked in 90.9%
  4. ScorchScorchpicked in 73.7%

InspirationInspiration

  1. Cosmic InsightCosmic Insightpicked in 51.5%
  2. Magical FootwearMagical Footwearpicked in 45.6%

Shards

Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth ScalingAdaptive Force · Adaptive Force · Health Scaling

KeystoneWin rate

  2. Summon AerySummon Aerypicked in 19.0% · 410 games · no full page50.0%
  3. Arcane CometArcane Cometpicked in 12.3% · 266 games · no full page56.4%

Skill order

Most played order, 866 games
Q38101213
W21415
E14579
R611

Max

  1. EQW80.3% pick · 1,717 games53.6%
  2. EWQ18.8% pick · 403 games51.4%

Summoner spells

FlashTeleportFlash + Teleport63.8% pick

Play against Darius

No Darius build this patch, so only your own cooldowns at levels 1, 3, 6 and 11 are shown, before ability haste

Malzahar's abilities

You · uses mana
  1. P Void ShiftPassive
  2. Q Call of the Void6s cooldown · 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 mana · 900 range—6s6s6s
  3. W Void Swarm8s cooldown · 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 mana · 150 range—8s8s8s
  4. E Malefic Visions11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7s cooldown · 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 mana · 650 range11s11s9s7s
  5. R Nether Grasp140 / 110 / 80s cooldown · 100 mana · 700 range——140s110s

Malefic Visions (E) is the long one early: 11s at level 3, so trade once it's down. — means not learned yet at that level.

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Malzahar's win rate into each one · green beats Malzahar's average, rose falls short
50.0%52.0%

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.