Malzahar Build
Latest Malzahar build for League of Legends with items, runes, summoner spells, skill order, counters and patch data.
Malzahar Build Guide
Malzahar’s mid lane presence stays consistent on patch 16.13.1, with ranked data showing a 50.48% winrate and 5.52% pickrate; he also finds occasional play top lane. Deathfire Touch is his keystone, adding damage-over-time that synergizes with his already sustained magic damage output.
Blackfire Torch opens his item path for burn scaling, Liandry’s Torment doubles down on that damage-over-time theme, and Rylai’s Crystal Scepter caps the build with slow utility to lock down targets. Skill order goes E, then Q, then W, favoring Malefic Visions for its spreading damage early. Full build details, runes, and matchups are covered below.
Malzahar Build
Imported from op.gg · updated every 48 hours · last update Jul 16, 2026.
Starting Items
Core Items
Boots
Full Item Set
Malzahar Runes — Sorcery + Inspiration
Deathfire Touch
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Magical Footwear
Cosmic Insight
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Malzahar Summoner Spells
Flash
Teleport
Malzahar Skill Order
Ability Order by Level
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Starting Items
Core Items
Boots
Full Item Set
Malzahar Runes — Sorcery + Inspiration
Deathfire Touch
Manaflow Band
Transcendence
Scorch
Magical Footwear
Cosmic Insight
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Malzahar Summoner Spells
Flash
Teleport
Malzahar Skill Order
Ability Order by Level
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Malzahar Counters
Weak Against
35.2%
105 games
42.9%
205 games
43.7%
213 games
44.4%
133 games
45.4%
317 games
Strong Against
62.4%
101 games
57.4%
401 games
56.5%
310 games
54.6%
121 games
53.9%
141 games
Win rates are Malzahar's results against each champion, imported from op.gg.
Malzahar Build FAQ
Based on current ranked data (op.gg, patch 16.13.1), the strongest recorded Malzahar build in Middle goes Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter as core items, with a 50.16% win rate across 11,735 games.
The most played rune page runs Deathfire Touch (Sorcery) with Inspiration as the secondary tree.
Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter.
Based on real matchup data, Malzahar struggles most against Anivia, Lissandra, Hwei.
Build and counter data is refreshed automatically every 48 hours from ranked game statistics.