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Malzahar Build
Latest Malzahar build for League of Legends with items, runes, summoner spells, skill order, counters and patch data.
49.82% Win Rate 5.35% Pick Rate 97,930 Games
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
B Current tier: B Mid — view tier list
Imported from op.gg · updated every 48 hours · last update Sep 5, 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 
TeleportMalzahar Skill Order
E › Q › W
Ability Order by Level
1E 2W 3Q 4E 5E 6R 7E 8Q 9E 10Q 11R 12Q 13Q 14W 15W
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 TeleportMalzahar Skill Order
E › Q › W
Ability Order by Level
1E 2W 3Q 4E 5E 6R 7E 8Q 9E 10Q 11R 12Q 13Q 14W 15W
Levels shown as recorded in ranked data; R is highlighted at its level-up points.
Malzahar Counters
Weak Against
42.3% 163 games 
44.0% 495 games 
44.5% 301 games 
45.6% 2,096 games 
45.7% 1,723 games Strong Against
58.1% 172 games 
57.5% 1,124 games 
57.1% 226 games 
57.0% 807 games 
56.9% 339 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 16.17.1), the strongest recorded Malzahar build in Middle goes Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter as core items, with a 49.82% win rate across 97,930 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 Garen, Sion, Swain.
Build and counter data is refreshed automatically every 48 hours from ranked game statistics.
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