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Tips Against Malzahar in Middle Lane Tips Provided by MOBAFire Guide Authors
Eriosunx says “Malzahar is also an easy matchup for Irelia both pre and after level 6.
Irelia has an insane sustain in lane and Malzahar's poke is basically inexistent for her.
Also you can dash on his minions.
You can cancel his passive spellshield with your W.
If you hit your E on his spellshield you will still mark him.
You can stop his ultimate by yourself since your second E can be moved even when you are suppressed from Malzahar's R as long as you took his spellshield down before getting ulted.
[*11.14 UPDATE* You can no loger move your second E when stunned so we are no longer able to stop Malzahar's channaled Ultimate while ccd.]
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Lynter says “Runa Recomendada: Conquistador.
Malzahar ficará puxando lane, por isso evite ficar perto dos minions que estejam com pouca vida para que a habilidade E (Malefic Visions) não passe para você. Tire a passiva dele e fique atento ao tempo de retorno dela para que você possa combá-lo sem perder seu dano, o combo ideal é EW+AA+QE+AA. Fique atento ao nível 6 dele, caso não tenha feito bandana, possivelmente vai te ultar a qualquer momento e te matará junto com o jungler dele. Para negar essa estratégia, você pode rushar Bandana e ficar farmando, enquanto tenta matar ele nos níveis mais baixos sem medo de morrer por causa da ultimate ou para dar roaming depois de puxar a lane. Malzahar não tem muito dano e na maioria das vezes usam teleporte, com isso permite que você abuse nos níveis iniciais. Em teamfights, fique atento ao ultimate dele, caso você tenha bandana você pode agressiva contra ele, mas com cautela, ciente de que só pode usar a bandana uma vez para parar o CC que receber. Roaming deve ser feito apesar das circunstâncias, pois no final da partida ele fica muito forte devido os itens. Evite prolongar a partida pois ele ficará forte no final. O potencial de perigo de Malzahar é baixo visto que a Katarina só precisará de um item para pará-lo e é Bandana, Katarina possui alta mobilidade e muita facilidade em roamings pelo mapa, e graças ao reset as lutas sempre são favoráveis para a Katarina, ao contrário do Malzahar que precisa focar um. ”
Avucado says “Incredibly annoying. Early levels will be easy but as once he gets 6 the lane is hell. He can shove easily and can kill you easily. The only way you kill this guy is by getting ahead early and snowballing or through ganks. auto or hook his shield early and look to E through and get him low. Look for hooks consistently but don't take to much damage in doing so. Only overextend to get his shield off when your jungler is coming and they have cc in their kit. Never try to E through him post 6 even if his shield is down because he will just R and kill you instantly. Buy QSS, hexdrinker is decent, but in teamfights and ganks the cc is what is going to kill you. ”
Drewmatth Taliyah says “Corrupting Potion and Minion Dematerializer due to his heavy push power. Focus on pushing as heavy as you can early but be careful of ganks. Focus on getting a kill early on if you can until level 6. Post 6 he can setup ganks easily for his jungler so just roam and get stuff somewhere else after pushing. Don't neglect your tower because his push power is insane. Try to get your jungler to gank him before 6 because that's where Malz is really bad. Post 6 try to stop his ult on your teammates with your W if you can and if he does not have his passive up. If you struggle get some MR by getting either Mercs or Banshees.”
Yeager says “Your red card will oneshot all his voidlings. You have stronger waveclear and he can't do anything until lvl 6. In this matchup you want a early quicksilver sash so he can't set you up for ganks. ”
Ambitieux says “The Malz lane is pretty straight forward. You can try to poke him out after you get your mana item. Other than that just match his pushing power with yours. Farm his cs and wait till you can roam at 6. Be cautious in this lane for ganks and try not to blow ult/flash unnecessarily. Wont be able to kill unless you get good damage from him being too aggressive. If you can get jungle gank a gook way to get him without realizing his ur ult proccing his shield as ur charming.”
iZianni says “You can easily break his spell shield, you always have range advantage.
You both perma farm, you have more impact in team fights.
You have solo kill pressure in this lane.
Build QSS if you're being flash ulted.”
AP WormMaW Mid says “Quite easy matchup, if you waveclear his spawned minions, even though it's mostly farm lane, because once when he has all of his abilities, he will most likely push waves really fast and going close range against him isn't best, since he can use entire combo to neutralize you. Though you can poke him from range and try to deny some of his farm, while he shouldn't be really able to touch you, unless he uses his flash R during gank.”
Yeager says “Corrupting potion is good against his passive shield. When he gets enough items / points in his abilities, all he does is shove the wave and roam to catch someone with his ult. You want to kill his voidlings as soon as they spawn since it will mess up his waveclear.
Have good vision around the river, so you don't get caught by his ult + jungler gank. You can usually tell when he's receiving a gank, just by watching how he moves in the lane. If he suddenly starts playing aggressive then it probably means there's someone waiting to gank you.
Get QSS after luden's echo to counter his ultimate. Remember he's immobile, so you can call your jungler for ganks and set him behind.
Teleport is also good vs malzahar since you will use up a lot of mana when fighting for lane prio.
You both scale well into lategame but imo Orianna has the edge with her zone potential, utility and damage. ”
iZianni says “Never have priority, never have kill potential.
This champ is unfun to play against but is ultimately team dependent thus denying you of the ability to play the way you want to.
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Sanctuar says “Malzahar's passive gives him a fairly safe laning phase, combined with his constant pushing power due to his E. His voidlings deal more damage to targets affected by Malefic vision; bring them down by simply one-hitting them, so that Malzahar needs to spam more abilites which results in losing more mana in the process. The suppression of his ultimate can be cleansed by a QSS, but the damage continues. If you want to survive his damage, simply build a Mercury's to reduce the CC duration of his ultimate as well as the damage of his abilities. Malzahar's damage comes from setting up his combo by hitting you with his E first - he has no access to burst damage. Once he used up his ultimate you can engage on him with yours.”
Hullos says “You can push just as hard, you do more poke, as long as you have E on his ult is useless, you get free mana from his minions. The only threat is he is an easy lane to gank post 6. ”
shidonryoku says “Malzahar is now insanely strong. He will not allow you to farm normally, poisoning your life with his E, which moves to an adjacent target if it dies from it. He has a passive spell shield, a huge amount of AOE damage. His ultimate completely counters your blast, which forces you to play carefully and wait for Malzahar to spend his R, or you have to spend 1300G on Quicksilver Sash.”
Coldsong says “Malzahar's point and click suppression is very frustrating to deal with. Make sure to buy an early QSS as the cc and damage from his ult is insane. To get rid of his passive shield, use W or Ironspike Whip on a wave so that it also hits him, so that you can catch him off guard.”
DebilekLaZe says “Very annoying, he will perma push so you don't get to play the game, outtrades you, his shield blocks an ability. Get rid of his little monsters with either autos or E.”
angeLoon says “Conq Dblade. Resolve,Second Wind
Take his Shield off before you trade with him,and try to always let him without the shield.
Rush Qss Or Spectre's
You can't cleanse Malzahar's ult.”
StarTundra says “Outplay button. Don't fight him alone or 2v2 post 6 unless your ally has hard CC to knock him out of his ult. Malzahar will always outclear and shove the wave almost always. Proc his spell shield with R an AA before engaging with Q. Also hit his little crabs with AA when they're clearing for him.”
luminyan says “I hate this matchup. It's not as difficult as Fizz or Azir, but it will get you tilted. If you see his space aids on something, avoid the minion it's on. Your E can pop his spellshield due to the slow, so I would recommend throwing that at him whenever you can. Once he gets ult, forget any chance you had at killing him.”
Fuzzmonkey says “Was pretty hard for the reworked Leblanc but since her damage in now instant, you won't have to take heavy trades from Malzahar. I'd recommend building a QSS if you get focused hard during teamfights and you're not able to one shot him before you get your full combo off.”
eiensiei says “Lux's E removes his passive with just the slow, so I can E - wait 0.5s - E. If I go for passive procs, I'll use W when he E's me and I won't walk back immediately (that's where he'll throw his Q) - instead, I'll walk forward or stand still. He's hard to solo kill, as I need to focus on farming when he tries to push me in 24/7, but if I focus down the voidlings, that does slow down his push and it only takes 1 autoattack.”
Fuzzmonkey says “Shouldn't be too hard to deal with. You can get rid of his passive shield with your Q and repeat for combos.
Did you know?
You can pre E -Q combo when malzahar goes to ult you and it will cancel his ult completely :)”
Katawina52 says “Pre 6 it's really easy to kill and have prio/pressure in lane. All in him when he uses E on minion or you could just all in when you're healthy enough. Once he has Lost Chapter it's more annoying because he can perma push the wave. Pre 6 you should just look for trades all the time becasue you can't lose them, but once he gets 6 and lost chapter you can never walk up and you have to accept his push and just push after. Careful for his silence even after he uses it it's still active for a second so you can still get hit by it. I dont like to buy qss because it hinders your dmg too much unless you're snowballing then you should go for a qss else just position really well and dont go in too early and have patience(which you should always do once he has 6)”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Kinda get to free scale against this matchup. Only annoying part is that he will force you to build Qss but after you get it he is just a sitting duck anyways. I would get zerkers vamp then qss then finish shieldbow. Just play safe untill you get all these items and if you havnt fell behind by then its free lane.”
WayOfTheTempesst says “Very easy lane, it is legit impossible to die to him 1v1 pre 6 and he just feeds you gold with his minions. Dash to dodge his Q and kill his minions as soon as he casts them. Only reason he is not a 1 is bc he forces you to build QSS or everytime he ults you when his jungler is there you die. Get QSS after tier 2 boots.”
Dr Eggmund says “Space AIDS can be annoying but it comes down to your dodging ability. If you are able to dodge his abilities you will make Malzahar run out of mana and give you the upper hand in lane pressure. Try and get the experience advantage and shut him down with 6 advanatage. Don't push up in lane too farm after he gets 6 as he will bait you into his teammate and his ult will allow them to do the rest to you.”
Sylvan Lore says “The only reason this isn't a higher threat is that this champion has been pretty nerfed recently. Malzahar will shove out lane and avoid interaction with you and then just Ult you when his jungler or team is nearby. I usually get a QSS after my first item just because of how important it is to escape the cc of his ult. Orianna is pretty good at keep his passive shield down, but killing a Malzahar is really difficult in most cases.
Recommend: Barrier and Dmg Build with a QSS”
Yasukeh says “Malzahar is by far the easiest matchup for Tryndamere in the game. Your Mocking Shout pops his passive, and Tiamat auto clears all of the his voidlings. At level 6, you can always dive him even if he has ult up, no matter how high health he is. ”
Polarshift says “Annoying to play against. He does a lot of damage if he can get his resets on you and he has a free spellshield. Cleanse also doesn't remove supression, so that makes you an easy target if you don't buy QSS; which will set you behind 1300 gold. The good part is though, that your waveclear is better and that you can kill his voidlings and potentially pop his shield with E+Q.”
DarDarThePenguin says “Malzahar has no pressure on you before level 6, but is extremely hard to engage on. After 6, he can 100-0 you and setup a jungle gank/dive for free. Destroy his passive with your W and kill his voidlings to run him out of mana. Take the Standard page and MR.”
VyoS says “Get his Spellshield down first. Hexdrinker is a good option, QSS too when you got some Gold to spare.
After his spellshield is down Q combo him and wait till next W or go in when he's low enough. Try to get an AA first when you went in, then R E AA. Don't try to towerdive, almost everytime it ends by killing yourself.”
LunarVortex says “A single tick from your W is enough to remove his passive. Keep that in mind when trying to cc him. Try to match his push with your W so you don't have to lasthit under tower (you both suck at doing that early on). His voidlings can be annoying since they can block your Q, and you might not be able to spellshield his ult since you have to predict it and can't simply react to it. Consider buying a QSS is he keeps ulting you every fight.”
richardlized says “You win before 1st base every time just break his shield with Q if he over steps just hit him as long as there aren’t too many minions just run him down with autos. Even if he hits everything early as long as you are healthy he shouldn’t have damage to kill you; if he wastes Q as well just all in however after he gets lost chapter he will just spam shove you under tower and base when he gets low. When you ult him he will most likely try and instant R you but before he can R you there is time to hit your Q’s as long as you do WERQ.
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thefeedski says “More annoying than a threat due to his pushing power and spell shield. Be careful where you place your turrets to avoid having his E take out multiple. ”
xMetix says “Malzahar is super easy. Before level 6 he's not even a champion, any time he uses spells on minions you can just run him down, keep the wave close to your tower so you have more room to fight. After level 6 pay close attention to his jungler's position since he can set up a very easy gank. Use grass a lot to avoid his Ultimate.”
Thresh Mid says “Malzahar is an interesting case, he's difficult because you can never interact with him. Malzahar keeps you pushed in and unable to roam. Along with that if Malzahar is to ever get jungle assistants it is a guaranteed kill against you.”
Kirito OTP Xerath says “La "única" amenaza es su R, que te puede dejar en una situación un poco difícil, de igual forma, cuidado con su Q mientras farmeas.”
Dj Memelord says “You have innate resistances so you can survive his ult burst. Hes also open to ur flash q burst. spin on his crabs and keep clearing waves untill you can roam. Relentless hunter and ravenous hunter both work here”
A55AILANT says “He does a lot of damage if he can get his resets on you and he has a free spellshield.
Your waveclear is better, use it to your advantage.
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duhnx says “Try to get ganks. This matchup is hard because he has a lot of poke and waveclear, both Pyke is bad at. His ult stops you from popping off even if you're doing good. One of the people I ban when playing Pyke.”
TheDuskWalker says “Any Summs. Phase Rush.
Try to dodge his q as much as possible and don't stand next to e'd minions. He will constantly shove you in so make sure to last hit well. Once he hits 6 there is very little counterplay once he presses r. This is a matchup I would dodge.”
Oxydation says “Malzahar is not a hard matchup on Lane, just fight him after he use Q, if you hit E on Spellshield, u can dash anyways and all in him. Aware Late game of face checking bushes.”
ReapeRGP says “He doesn't do too much damage if he isn't stupidly fed so just try to stack as much as possible in the start and when you have Lost Chapter you can harass him, just dont forget to Q him so you take out his passive. Watch out for his R tho, if he clicks and his jungles is going to gank you are as good as dead.”
MikeVix says “Q to take down his shield. Then combo him with WEQ. Dont hit his minions. Watch the silence. Before 6 you can try to all in and get a kill. After 6 its more difficult but u can still kill him if u hold your WEQ after he finishes ulting you.”
VeneficusFerox says “Not much of a threat. Just keep away from minions affected by Malefic Visions. Mostly dangerous when you allow him to push the wave and he starts roaming and killing your team mates.”
Little Planet says “He can match your push and his ult is by default great at keeping divers off him.
He also has great gank recieval, forcing you to play it slow after lvl 6.
Push and roam is the way to go.”
Joseph Evanss says “You are significantly stronger than him pre 6 but its also kinda hard to kill if hes good at malz. After 6 your still stronger than him but he can set up for a gank, your e can cancel his ult if you time it right. Use your w to get rid of his passive before going in. Your also fine to just farm it out and out scale him. Go Second Wind, Revitalize + D Shield”
ahspaghetti says “pre 6 you want to almost always look for trades, you can all in him when he es onto minions. post 6 you want to position better, not in one where he can just ult you and shut you down, have patience in larger team fights as he will most likely ult you to shut you down. if you are feeling ballsy, you can go long sword and run him down lvl 2.”
zeldimi says “This is pretty weird. He's just gonna push lane. You can win lane if you poke and all in. But late game he can just R you and let his team kill you even if he's behind. So hope you're not the only carry on the team.”
Minnotaro says “Same as teemo, ranged and so cancer he wont do damage to you before level 6 but after he buy his item he will make you die easily , i recommend to buying QSS”
BullRedHunter says “If you are safe while he is ulting you, you will be able to kill him after his ult ends or just fall back, farming lane, try to roam a lot”
7daysko says “Anivia's auto attack range makes it easy to ruin his passive, however he could still out-trade you if you use both Q and R before he silences/supresses you. Note that your wall is also capable of wasting his passive, in which case he will walk right through it instead of being blocked.”
JoshAy says “I actually misjudged this matchup. You hard win this matchup so much. Stay away from his Malefic Visions so he can't poke you out. When you go in to fight him, E1 and AA to break his shield OR Q to break his shield. As long as your W or your E2 doesn't hit his shield you should be able to legitimately just walk at him and win. Post 6 make sure you have enough health to fight him so you can tank his ultimate and make sure you won't get teamed up on when he's ulting you.”
JustMTK says “This is a really hard to play against. Because he will keep you in the lane with his pushing power, so you won't be able to roam as much. Another reason is, when you want to go in for a trade he'll just deny it by using his ult and walking away. You're actually just a free scaling lane for him if he plays it right.”
TheoRut says “Malzahar is just super annoying to play against. If you time your E at the right time before he ults you, you cancel his ult but he will most likely win the trade anyways.
Electrocute against this matchup
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The Jhin Cena says “Take the Fleet Footwork Laning Runes. Malzahar overall is an easy match up for Yone. While he will constantly poke you, once you dive on him there isn't much he can do to stop you. I'd suggest using your E to dodge his silence and then engaging from there. I'd also suggest grabbing QSS early on since Malazahar's only threat to Yone is his ult which can lock you in an uncomfortable situation. While you can break his ultimate by snapping back your E at the right time, this isn't a very reliable counter and so grabbing QSS early on is your best bet. Overall just farm the early game while making frequent trades with your E > Stacked Q engage. It is also quite easy to pop Malzahar's passive on Yone, so simply Q or W Malzahar once his passive is up so it won't minimize your engages. ”
Sparklle says “i only added in a few champs that i saw with decent threat.
pretty much anyone who can cc you and engage hard will stomp you. when you get cc'd you cannot reactivate your Q and your ULT will stop. this makes you a sitting duck”
kindo says “Relatively easy, almost never picked though. His passive 30-18 (lvls 1-11) seconds during laning phase - you can easily poke this off with a q into range and 1 auto. Over the next 30 seconds you just have to do this again to stop it from refreshing. You can pretty much force into his range any time the shield is down.
Your Q can 1 shot his minions, and he has pretty mediocre range and poke. Any poke you can heal with W passive and he shouldn't be able to push the wave if he uses his dot on you.
Pay your taxes and buy a QSS so that he can't just flash ult you for his jungle or teammates. You will likely gain a lead in lane, it would suck for him to flash and claim a bounty because you're trying to tax evade.”
Mpegial says “His Ultimate ability is bonkers stupid, he has really good damage, a great form of CC that is not avoidable and can just destroy you if you aren't careful.”
XD001 says “Just really really annoying. Shove in the wave as fast as possible and look for roams. If you get really ahead make sure to buy a QSS. Late game look for flank routes and do not get CC chained cause this shit is so cancer. Easy lane, just annoying as hell.
Malzahar slightly outscales Ekko.
electrocute + sorcery + tp”
Noodles912 says “Skill based matchup. Never throw your shark when his passive is up, stay far from your low HP minions, and look to burst trades when possible. If you can chunk him out of lane, you can look to roam. Mercs can work if you wish.”
elnino9 says “Take advantage of him if he uses his E on minions. Try to get rid of his spell shield passive and keep it down to prepare yourself for an all-in. Don't get E'd or you'll get poked down hard. Start Doran shield as it's good vs Damage over time. Purchase QSS sometime after gunblade if your team isn't that ahead. His ult will make him vulnerable while standing still, take advantage of this if he ults one of your allies. Dump on him in teamfights.”
NuclearAkali says “Very irritating ult that can make the game very one sided. Build a quick silver sash into this matchup and you will be fine. You win fights against him before he hits 6.”
Wunsch3957 says “Rush QSS and put 2 points in Q level 3. Don't get harassed to much, try to clear his voidings with your Q and don't stand near low HP minions. Conq.”
Wunsch3957 says “Really easy lane, just Q his voidings and dodge his Q. Stand away from low HP minions to avoid his E. Rush QSS for his R and roam if he has barrier. Conq with resolve secondary and flash/ignite. Galeforce mythic. ”
Impossible2Gank says “Pretty even matchup, You can negate his ult by placing a box down right when he uses it making sure he has no shield. His lane push can be annoying but that will just set your jungle up for easy ganks. Magic resist recommended early or just rush Quicksilver Sash.”
Hienaa says “A bit like heimer but easier to play against because you one shot his W with E, but he just perma shoves with E + W, making it hard to roam and having low kill pressure cuz of his R”
nZk01 says “(Mid) easy lane just care after 6 to not get 1 shot by him and his jungler, otherwise very easy to kill, would recommend TP/Barrier or Ignite.”
Aht3ns says “He won't deal damage to you but you will have no way to stop him if he Rs your teammate since you have no CC. If he Rs you then your tenacity should be enough to win the fight.”
Edg3Lord says “His E will certainly be annoying, but you can use his extra minions to heal yourself off your passive, since you will have extra targets. Otherwise, he isn't a real threat up until the late game.”
The Jhin Cena says “Malzahar is one of the most poke-heavy champs in League. He can spawn his little minions and spread his void crap all the while sitting back at a safe distance. If you try and CS, your health will drop fast so it is really difficult to farm against Malzahar. Additionally, his shield which is up fairly often prevents you from landing any hooks, and you usually have to get in melee range to destroy the shield being that his minions provide a barrier against any ranged hooks. Malzahar pressing R will easily kill you given the right situation, so a lot of times I will actually build Mercurial Scimitar or Maw of Malmortius when fighting him so I don't get killed by his ult. Usually you will have to wait for ganks to get any kills against him.”
lukuluku says “He is weak early, especially if you kill his vodlings. Go tankier than normal and buy merc treads. You can kill him lv 6 if his jungler is not present. ”
Coldsong says “Malzahar will push you into your turret, so look to Q minions rather than trading often. Make sure to pop his passive shield with an auto before going in.”
nZk01 says “(Mid) easy lane just care after 6 to not get 1 shot by him and his jungler, otherwise very easy to kill, would recommend TP/Barrier or Ignite.”
Cornifa says “Just ult his ult and you should be good, he has a lot of range which can be really annoying, just stay away from him and combo when he's out of abilities.”
BigFatCat909 says “Rush a QSS if you need to, remember that Mercury Treads "DO NOT" reduce the duration of his ultimate. His passive shield is a bit odd, rather than blocking just one ability, if you use your abilities too quickly it has the ability to block EVERYTHING, so be careful when trading and take your time with ability usage.”
Johan Paracelso says “The only thing you should worry about is his passive spell shield, since it can go through your cage, and makes him inmune to your Q W and R. Malzahar has an early preassure over Veigar, since his E and W clean waves at the speed of light, and his E passive can out sustain you (when we are talking about mana). So, you could try to auto him before your combo, but even so, his E range is bigger than your auto range, so watch out”
Hiimkata says “Pre 6 it's really easy to kill and have prio/pressure in lane. All in him when he uses E on minion or you could just all in when you're healthy enough. Once he has Lost Chapter it's more annoying because he can perma push the wave. Pre 6 you should just look for trades all the time becasue you can't lose them, but once he gets 6 and lost chapter you can never walk up and you have to accept his push and just push after. Careful for his silence even after he uses it it's still active for a second so you can still get hit by it. I dont like to buy qss because it hinders your dmg too much unless you're snowballing then you should go for a qss else just position really well and dont go in too early and have patience(which you should always do once he has 6)”
CaptianMike says “He is quite easy to beat in lane! He stays back to farm, and so do you. What's really neat is that you can kill his minions to restore mana (Your E passive). It's the perfect lane! The only problem is that if he gets his shield in time, he can almost entirely negate your ultimate so be sure to use it as soon as you know you can kill him, but far enough from him that he won't silence or suppress you to cancel it. Don't sweat this one.”
ShadowSlayerMain says “Stay away from your minions and poke and break his Passive so he can't absorb your Q damage for a while, Malmortius is optional, use the correct mechanic so he can't stop you with his R after you use yours”
mrsuits says “Pre 6 keep his shield on cooldown and ask for ganks while keeping the wave on a neutral state. After 6 do the same but respecting his Ult cause its a killer. Exhaust might help”
Poppi Sama says “Even matchup, constantly poke to remove spell shield, and avoid his ult range. Look for ganks, for he will CC you with his Ultimate, before or after his jungler appears mid.”
bboyxje123 says “Lucian is great against malzahar. With your Q you can kill all his beasts in once. With your W you can deactivate malzahar's passif. The only negative thing about this matchup is that his Q cancels your ult.”
KataTocDo says “His outplay button(R) will screw you over. Abuse him early.
Runes: Conq. - Dom. or Elec. - Prec.
Starting Items: D. Blade or Dark Seal”
oxydon141414 says “You need to watch out and be aware of where the enemy jungler is,how much health you have during the lane phase, if his jungler is going to gank him/if you are low HP he will just R you and you will die.
In teamfights just wait and position yourself so that he won't be able to R you.”
Elite500 says “Kinda aids, just try your best to match his push and when he calls his slaves wipe them away with a fully charged E, later in the game if you pool underneath him and he spamm presses R on your pool zhonyas before pool ends, it flips the targetible / invulrable switch on so he legit ults you while in zhonyas, wasting it.”
Jnewbringspain says “Malzahar has two tools that can makes things difficult for you. First is his shield. You'll need to break it before you can do any damage. Secondly, his ult will do percentage damage to you, which is not good considering Cho's tanky status. The good news is how immobile he is. Once you crack his shield, your next Ruptures should be easy to land.”
Yamikaze says “In this matchup you want QSS early. Malzahar is very good at setting up free kills with his ultimate, so i suggest finishing your Zeal or Phantom Dancer and then rush a QSS.”
1Recycle Bin1 says “Not a threat in lane, start doran's blade and bully him with conqueror and auto attacks for early lead, try not to go for risky plays level 6
play slowly and you'll win”
wildersovereign says “His passive shield can block both your Q and the first hit of your ult, but this can be easily negated with your W during laning phase. The main difficulty in this matchup is the fact that his R is unreactable, meaning it's impossible to E it unless you predict it. This is a serious kill threat, especially when the enemy jungler is involved, so be careful when he has it up. He's immobile, so killing him when his spell shield is down is pretty easy, but make sure his E doesn't travel to you too much. As a reminder, his E will spread to a nearby target if another target (usually a minion) dies while afflicted. Stay away from low-health infected minions and you should be fine. Thankfully, your W makes this task a piece of cake.”
ITSDEBEAR says “Ghost/Ign with phase rush works better here. You are able to get out of his ult range after going in if you get a reset before your w expires. If you get ahead once he will be useless. Only his ulti can stop you but the laning phase is not as bad.”
SkyBanana says “You will not out push this man at all. Malzahar will negate your greatest CC with his passive and he can instantly pick off anyone who is straggling, including you. Be very careful when laning against him since a good Malzahar can shut down any champion regardless of how well you are doing.”
rajsovsky says “People call it hard matchup, but in my opinion it really isn't if you have brain. He can't kill you without someone's help that's why he waits for his ult and someone to help him killing you. Buy pings and play round vision so he can't do anything to you.”
invalidd says “Can be really annoying because the only way you can have an efficient trade is to get close to him to auto him to get rid of the shield and
hook him, but doing all of that will cause you to take a lot of harass which gets worse at level 6, if he uses his E on minions though
you can W over to him and always auto before going for a hook, you can also use your E to get close to him if you think the enemy jng won't come soon.
Complicated to gank.”
Aikairi says “Malzahar is pretty aids before. However, now you can just get QSS first item and finish Mercurial Scimitar since you can go AD. Make sure you get QSS tho because it counters him hard, not in just the hard-cc aspect. After you QSS his ulti, he is still hard-cc'd by his own ulti since it only negates the cc duration on you and not the damage. This means he's a standing target for you to kill easily.
In laning phase, just dodge his silence by going in on him and use your Q to proc his passive shield.”
KASSAW1N says “
Kass vs malza: Lleva Tp para el hard pockeo que te tendrá , ademas como es splitpusher farmeara mas rapido, es decir que si te matan una vez y no tienes tp, el aprovechara todo eso. Compra eco de luden ) Ah, y no temas a pockear, eso si, guardate tu Q para cuando te tire la R cancelarla. No podras matarlo eficientemente en linea, puede que termine en una 1kill para los dos o simplemente no se puedan llegar a matar en fase de linea, por eso el tp, para rotar y sacar kill.”
TheHostileCat says “His split pushing is way better than yours, and his ult is stronger per say. Get a quicksilver sash (qss) and avoid his silence/q. Try to one shot the little voidlings with your q and then q-auto-w-q trades in lane. ”
YIVENDER says “n this matchup you want QSS early. Malzahar is very good at setting up free kills with his ultimate, so i suggest finishing your Zeal or Phantom Dancer and then rush a QSS.
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YIVENDER says “n this matchup you want QSS early. Malzahar is very good at setting up free kills with his ultimate, so i suggest finishing your Zeal or Phantom Dancer and then rush a QSS.
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Tortoise_Maniac says “- Very boring lane
- Match his push
- If you're looking to gank him, get his passive down with your Q
- You win jungle 2v2's
- Outroam him with ult and teleport”
Big Shawn says “Malzahar can be fragile against Ekko. Due to the fact that Ekko can leap so fast towards him, his passive shield will be gone. Poking him won't be a problem as he will have a hard time poking you. Full engages should be your rhythm to win against him.”
Scyrine says “Another champion a lot of people have trouble with. always try to proc his shield off and look for a combo. Just never play against him under his turret, as he'll just R you. get rid of his passive and full engage. ”
BCota says “Really annoying perma pushes you, space aids hurt like hell try to auto him to take his shield off and run him down pre 6. if you get 6 first take his shield off and use E+Q and autos to lower his health then all in when your CDs are up. If he ults you just use your ult Q+E+W and ignite and you should heal your health back and just kill him”
Chili Dog says “Kind of aids, just try your best to match his push and when he calls his slaves wipe them away with a fully charged E, later in the game if you pool underneath him and he spam presses R on your pool zhonyas before pool ends, it flips the targetable / invulnerable switch on so he legit ults you while in zhonyas, wasting it. Phase Rush recommended.”
Xiphire says “He has a strong poke and a silence that make it difficult to have a life on a lane but his most devastating ability is his R so make sure you gonna have QSS.”
ITss_HURRICAN3 says “Malzahar is basically your counterpick: his E can spread through minions and if you ult he can ult you back, suppressing a damage blocker making the teamfight hard.”
FalleN3 says “He will generally push the lane, HARD! This will make it so that you are going to be CS'ing under your tower for most of the laning phase. He has low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks so the fact that he will generally push the lane so hard will likely mean that he will over-extend quiet a bit. Use this to your advantage and call for some jungle help. His passive can be annoying as it makes him immune to CC (which includes your stun) so make sure his passive is down before attempting to all-in him. After level 6 you both can burst each other down so it would be wise to be the one to make the first move! TIP: Cleanse will not remove Malzahar's Ultimate from you because it is a suppression.”
SkellyBirb says “Malzahar can be hard to engage on due to his spell shield and can shut you down in ganks and team fights with his ultimate. QSS can be great against him.”
Last Roar says “You can beat him before lvl-6 and after lvl 6 if his ults down. He's more annoying than scary. He clears very fast, meaning he can punish your roams. With Malzahar the main thing to do is dodge his abilities and kill his creeps, then all in. He's also quite mana hungry, so you can sometimes bait his abilities out of him to make him useless.
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Obj: Dodge abilities and all in him. Keep control of the waves. If you go even in lane. He's not too much of a threat to your team.”
vCraze says “Malzahar is a very easy matchup, you have a large range advantage on him at all stages. Stay away from the minions when he has his E on them as you don't want to take any unnecessary damage. You can kill his minions while pushing the wave with your Q. Make sure you poke him out when manflow and comet are available and don't walk in range of him when you hit 6. Once you have Ludens he should never be able to touch you.”
OxiteoMyst says “Never let his passive recharge, just keep poking him down and try to timing your lasers so it also kills the critters he summons as well as damaging him. He can cc you and get you killed in teamfights so be wary of that, otherwise in laning just run his mana dry by not letting his E infect any new minions. Get jg help if you must because he is good at setting up ganks.”
Elpatronchico says “I don't see Malzahar as much of a threat, but I see many players struggle to win lane against him. Try to rush Quicksilver Sash as fast as you can, then try to poke him with E + Q + AA combo.”
Mad AkaTha says “Can be easily outplayed if makes mistake.
Wait for him to make a mistake then Attack him
Dash through minions into him poke him little bit then dash away”
Sadkid says “Malz poses little to no threat. Try match his push and R forward to break his spell shield and he is incredibly squishy. Only threat is his ulti with a gank. Play with your range later on. ”
Katfire says “Malz isn't too difficult his silence is easy to dodge and most of the time you will kill his voidlings without even having to try while trading with him. The only problem and major annoyance is that you will need to buy a QSS preferably before lvl 6. ”
WolfRider01 says “Malzahar has natural lane presence due to his DOT and his CC. Let him shove the wave, then get in his face, knock his shield down, and poke him down. DO NOT ENGAGE HIM WHEN YOU ARE LOW BEYOND LVL 6. HE WILL KILL YOU WITH R+IGNITE AND E. DO NOT TOWER DIVE HIM IF HIS R IS UP.”
S4V4 says “Very easy match up, he doesn't win any trade. Not early game, not mid game, not late game. Only problem he can cause is his R. Buy QSS and you're good to go.”
MagicalFartz1 says “Spellbook with teleport. He has everything in his kit to stomp you, from his passive to ult. You can't bubble him if he has passive and even if you bubble him with his passive down he can use his voidlings to nullify or block your Q damage. All in him if his passive is down and he has used his voidlings. Can't do much in lane just farm up and wait for ganks. In the mid game make picks on his teammates and avoid him.”
Aiseral says “Use Q to proc his passive shield when lane laning against him. Just be cautious of his ultimate so try not to overextend too far in lane as you will be vulnerable to the enemy jungler”
MINISE says “Malzahar is an easy matchup, take ignite into a doran's blade but instead of focusing Malzahar, focus on the minions and his mini-void crabs to CS”
Akali go skrrrt says “Just like with most ranged match up you cant really do much pre lvl 3/6. Dont get harassed to much for a few minions. Be carefull when going all in lvl 6 as he can just press R to stun you.”
economistastonks says “He can really zone you out of your game plan. He can push you into tower constantly and harder than other champions, while also having a shield against your long range hooks, as well as having an lethal ultimate. If you're against it, try being patient and getting Tiamat, once you have it, try to use it to take his shield ou before an all-in. ”
Elpatronchico says “For his R. This should be an easy mashup if you know how to counter him, but as I see many players struggle to win against him, he can be very hard.
Try to rush Quicksilver Sash, and stay out from his range. Use your E only to engage, oterhwise don't try to kill him.”
DrWindwall says “I would place him between even and major if i could. It's pretty obvious why he can destroy you. you can either play safe and farm up as he usually never freezes and buy a qss which is a game changer in this case.”
sweodigaming says “Mostly annoying. Can harass you very hard. He can zone the lane very good and has great sustain. You can't roam since you will lose a lot of farm. He does however have mana problems through out the game! I suggest taking TP in this lane.”
MetaKnight13373 says “You can out damage Malzahar at range, however do not underestimate the range of his ultimate. His spellshield isn't much of an issue as it can be popped by any ability including your ultimate. ”
sm1rk says “He's a pain with his ult. You need QSS, cleanse does not work. He'll lock you down every team fight, and when you get QSS, he'll force your ADC to get a QSS as well. QSS.”
Manzey says “Malzahar will shove you in under the tower over and over again. Call for ganks and play safe. Try to lower his void shield before the gank.”
Aukaren says “His passive is what makes the matchup pretty much impossible if he plays it well., he will push his lane and will to try to bait out your E, Once its baited he will just go all in you. Always go Mercury Treads and Rush QSS [Quicksilver Sash] as soon as you hit LvL 6”
Siderman5 says “One of the problems with Malzahar is his passive, because it is really irritating, when you try to charm him, but his spellshield just appeared and blocked the charm. And most of the time, if you are not in a strong position and he has ult up, he can take down you really easily after your charm is blocked by the spellshield. And I didn't even mentioned, how easy is for his jg to gank a Malzahar. If you push the wave up a bit, you have to be aware, his ult can supress you, and his jungler can just easily walk near and take you down. Versus Malzahar you should build magic resistance items like Banshee's, and should ask your jg for some ganks.”
Lunasta says “He is really annoying and can push the wave really fast, preventing you from Roaming, So build a QSS to escape his ult, and Try to be as annoying as him, give him tiny bursts every time he tries to farm of E>Q until he gets low and dies or have to go to Base”
Haywyre says “Pre 6 fights should be in your favor but team fighting will need to be played extra careful. If you'd like Cleanse is a good option here.”
Yeager says “He can shove in faster than you, he has a spellshield and voidlings that can block your damage. Always keep his passive shield down, and try to hit all his voidlings with a paddle star so he can't waveclear as fast. After level 6 you want to stay safe until you have quicksilver sash. ”
SkellyBirb says “Malzahar is hard to deal with. You can heal up from his poke with shrines, but you may struggle to burst him and you'll have to poke him down and keep his shield down if you want to all in. Once he hits 6, you'll need to play very carefully when his ultimate is up.”
Frixen says “One of the worst matchups, simply because of the fact that he has unparalleled wave clear which means you will always be cs'ing under turret. Trading against him is quite difficult since he has his spell shield as well as the fact that he has his ultimate which leaves you not being able to walk up to him at all.”
FalleN3 says “He will push the lane extremely hard which is going to make it very difficult for you to roam. His passive is a problem for you so you need to remove it from him. His voidlings along with the rest of his kit and ultimate will make for an easy kill for him on you. Call for jungler help and try to punish him for any mistakes he makes. Take Teleport for this lane and remind your bot lane to keep a deep ward for you.”
FalleN3 says “He will push the lane extremely hard which is going to make it very difficult for you to roam. His passive is a problem for you so you need to remove it from him. His voidlings along with the rest of his kit and ultimate will make for an easy kill for him on you. Call for jungler help and try to punish him for any mistakes he makes. Take Teleport for this lane and remind your bot lane to keep a deep ward for you. Cleanse could be an option either, depending on your confidence. Mid game is usually where the problem lies for me against this champion.”
Ambience14 says “Malzahar is my go-to ban when I'm playing in high elo. If you're playing properly, he should never be able to kill you. Unfortunately, kill pressure isn't what makes Malz excel in this matchup. He's able to permashove the wave into your turret making you completely unable to leave lane or poke him down. This mean that he can constantly do one of two things. He will either poke you under turret and slowly take away your HP until you're forced to back, or he'll roam to place wards in your jungle, help with an invade, or gank a lane. All of this puts an immense amount of pressure on your teammates that there is no way for you to match. You will also likely have to build a QSS early, slowing down your powerspikes. If you're against Malz, thin the wave as much as possible, ping every time he leaves lane and let your team know that he's roaming a lot. I also highly recommend taking TP in this matchup in order to get back to lane quicker after being poked and to match his roams across the map. Even with all these precautions taken, it becomes very difficult to win if Malz is good. I recommend banning him every single game in Diamond+ if you plan on playing Mundo.”
Reason97 says “Malzahar can be a tricky one. He doesnt seem like much on the surface, but he has damage over time which can be super annoying, and if he gets in range for his R, it's an absolute nightmare for you since it locks you down completely. A skill matchup, with an edge in his favor. ”
BloooodTV says “D-Blade or D-Shield. Really annoying. He can shove you out of lane and just ruin you. Don't try to trade unless you get out his passive or have your jungler with you. He can be very easy to kill if he messes up. His R is the real annoying thing though, if you plan to all in him you will need a QSS. Outscales you. Take Fleet.”
Godzillababy says “After Lvl 6 you need to be really careful because he can press R and the jungle can finish you off. You need to go all in early he can outpoke you but if you go all in he is pretty helpless.”
Jimmy1337 says “U have to build a lot of MR to have chance to kill him during the laning phase. If you try to kill him at 6th, you're gonna be dead, cause of his high damage with full combo. Try to avoid getting caught with his E, and if you really want to fight with him, you have to turn off his passive shield.”
u fool says “Pyke's combo requires you to hit almost everything. Malzahar's passive is a counter to all your abilities, and laning against him will be difficult. In addition, you may be stuck under tower and poked. However, he is very squishy and if you can get your jungler to gank, it could be a free kill that turns your lane around.”
arcanejhin says “The only annoying part is his ult, and you could get QSS for that. Use Q and W To quickly clear his minions and make sure you do not stand next to a minion that is about to die from smoke.”
Fadedreformed says “Pretty easy you outrade him, you can actually cancel his ult if you time it correctly, you can also e his voidlings
to kill them all. ”
DaggerTV_ says “You can abuse malzahards by perdicting his ult, and wing right before it. Malz gets a lot of damage by the voidlings, and if he ults he will spawn them before. If you leave enough time for the voidlings to spawn as the dagger falls on you. The dagger will kill them even if you are ulted by Malz. This is after 1 item, so remeber to nto do crazy things before that.”
ShockMaster says “R Champ,his E dmg is Horrible,and i don t want to speak about his R and Q silence,fck this shiet i m out mmm. Just play deffensive and ask jungles's help”
xXkillercrackXx says “Malzahar has no real kill pressure on you pre 6. you can use your red card to AOE his voidlings, denying a lot of his waveclear. You can maybe look to kill him early if he plays poorly. Post 6 you'll have a hard time dealing with him solo due to hid ultimate, but he can't follow your roams at all.”
Yuki H. says “Early game Zed doesn't actually struggle that much against Malzahar since a Q from Zed clears his voidlings and Malz's E is often put onto minions. The only thing that makes him difficult to deal with is his ult, which allows him to lock Zed down for a potential gank. Make sure to have awareness of the enemy jungler and don't take any unnecessary risks post 6.”
fwii says “Spam push early to force Malz to farm under tower. His waveclear is really poor before level 7 so he will miss a lot of farm. Look for kill after level 6”
Proma says “Dshield
Screw this champion. It doesn't matter how hard you shut him down in lane, post 6 he can just press R and get easy kills to get back into the game. My advice would be to play aggressive early and post 6 try to roam and get your team ahead since malz will eventually catchup to your lead.”
ChaseMorePlz says “Very important to note that this is a midlaner, however his abilities counter you heavily because he has a silence and an ultimate you must buy Quicksilver Sash for to do anything or outplay. ”
Tocsam Vladimir says “Place good wards, stay calm, this is the most tilting matchup you can have, malz isn't hard to beat alone but he can ignore you and wait for ganks. Rushing qss is an option, but remember it stops your build and makes you weaker, I prefer to save it for later in the game.”
Topofall says “Hes annoying but not nearly as bad a as galio or talon. Pre 6 you can bully him abit as long as you expect his silences. After 6 you should wait for him to die to use your ult or he will cancel it.”
Defensivity1 says “Can easily outpush you and shove the wave under your tower with very little counterplay, be carefull if he uses a full combo on you ur almost guaranteed to die.”
Veralion says “HoB/Sword. There are two kinds of Malzahar in the world. The kind that E’s the wave and the kind that only E’s you. You can play around space AIDS on your wave and farm under turret once he has a few points in, but if he just spam E’s you things can get marginally annoying. Fleet would trivialize the lane since you can charge and proc it on his little critters and it counters his slow, steady damage, but it's totally overkill. A properly timed ult will immune and interrupt his R, but since it’s instant it’s tricky. You gotta pretty much be in his head to do it. It's also unnecessary; your Hail all-in will absolutely destroy him, ult or no ult. If your ult doesn't land, hit him with a tick of W to drop his passive before using your E. The best solution is just to poke him before going in, though; his passive is on a pretty long cooldown. Buying QSS delays your powerspike by a ton, so I’d suggest diligent warding and safe positioning to avoid inting to his flash R into gank instead. I do think you just need to rush one against Nocturne though; there’s just no way around that. If you think their jungler might be anywhere near midlane, do NOT be within flash R range of Malz. If for some reason you want to run DH over HoB, Smite makes him even easier to handle; he will run out of mana before being able to push you out of lane early and you can pop his passive shield on demand with chilling smite, letting you easily land RE for the kill the second he walks just a little too far forward. They usually think they are safe with their shield up since you just have the two big abilities. They are wrong. ”
OOBLEXX says “Easily pokes Akali out in lane, even in her shroud, causing her to miss out on a lot of farm which is bad since you want to be aiming for Hextech GB at 10 minutes. ”
vuty2002 says “You basically can't dive tower to kill him and enemy Jungler will camp your lane because Malzahar Ultimate can suppression you for 2.5 seconds, enough for them to kill you.”
TheWindWalker says “Always ult first, so that when he ults back he is not prepared with his W and E and has to run after then end of it but you chase him down.”
Zoe Sparklepop says “Low Major
You can not leave him alone in lane unless you wanna lose your tower at 10 minutes with you losing a lot of CS so i suggest you take TP.
He has the spellshield so you can't do that much alone without getting the short end of the stick.”
snukumz says “He's basically 0 threat until he hits level 6, then it's almost impossible for you to kill him unless he fucks up royally or his ult is down.
If his ult is up then he can just stop you from killing him with it. If he's smart he's predict your landing with his silence, use his Voidlings and space aids, and then ult and kill you.
You can actually cancel Malz's ult if you cast your ult as he casts his but you have to get very luck to do this. ”
snukumz says “It's a farm and wave clearing lane.
His wave clear is a bit better but not way better.
Wait to use abilities and clear the wave until after Malzahar summons his minions, once he does use your abilities to clear the wave and kill his minions, he loses a lot of his wave clearing power once his minions die. Priorities auto attacking his minions to stop his ability to wave clear.
Use your Q from time to time to keep his passive spell shield down.
Look to combo him when you can to kill him, but beware his silence will stop your ultimate and his ult will as well.
He's very killable with a jungle gank.
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GrayRiver says “"He will push the lane extremely hard which is going to make it very difficult for you to roam. His passive is a problem for you so you need to remove it from him. His voidlings along with the rest of his kit and ultimate will make for an easy kill for him on you. Call for jungler help and try to punish him for any mistakes he makes. Take Teleport for this lane and remind your bot lane to keep a deep ward for you." FalleN3”
1256 says “lissandra case except this dude shoves it so fast, quite annoying and also his spellshield late omg.. just outscale and make your teammates pop it, careful when trading you can lose them, if you pop malzas shield once with q you can cast next ones to renew his passive cd, you oneshot voidlings with e
fleet+dom, electro if confident”
goodimbinatas says “Veigar can easily kill his voidlings with W or just stack two of them with Q in the laning phase. Later on in the game, Veigar is able to out-range Malzahar with his spells.”
AZIR MEN says “FARMING LANE! Good news, your wave clear costs less mana than his. Take teleport and don't stand near low hp minions. Watch out for his flash ult. It cannot be cleansed.
take lethal tempo, conq, or comet with teleport as a summoner spell.”
Pentakai says “E his voidlings. Be careful of his R + enemy jungler. If he ults a teammate, you can interrupt it with your Q. Be wary of his R during teamfights.”
LightningTemplar says “QSS will be necessary early on if you want to accomplish anything in lane post 6. But by building a QSS early, you'll be sacrificing a lot of crucial dmg, and therefore reducing the kill pressure you have on Malzahar. Ask jungler for help. ”
only yasuo play says “Insane gank setup with his R. Try to bully him before he hits 6. Try to blow his spell shield with q3 but DO NOT hit minions.
Dodge his abilities with e.
Post 6 you are fucked.
Buy quick silver sash.”
PepeOnDrugs says “He will push the lane extremely hard which is going to make it very difficult for you to roam. His passive is a problem for you so you need to remove it from him. His voidlings along with the rest of his kit and ultimate will make for an easy kill for him on you. Call for jungler help and try to punish him for any mistakes he makes. Take Teleport for this lane and remind your bot lane to keep a deep ward for you.
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xXAhriXx69 says “The ult is a problem for almost any mid laner since you generally dont have much health and since your'e locked in place it makes for an easy target”
lRusu says “The reason Malzahar counters you so hard is because if you ever go in he will just ult you and you have no counter besides force buying an AD ITEM (Quick Silver Sash)”
KataFlix says “Malzahar is very easy to play against with unless you are very greedy, being greedy gives him the opportunity to leave you with low HP and can easily Flash R you until you are dead, if you feel uneasy to play against Malzahar, disable his passive with your Q and let him push your lane for longer fights with him, make sure no enemy minions are next to you to take extra damage”
MaxskeProductions says “This type of champ is the easiest for ekko. You have strong enough waveclear to match his and also kill his W minions for extra gold. You can jump on him anytime you like. If he is perma ulting you mid game, a QSS might not be a bad buy.”
panger 174 says “champ de autista, va a pushear. sacale la pasiva y despues trata de matarlo. con la r te va a matar siempre. podes sacar QSS NO TE DA AD dh elec”
henxs says “Pokes a lot and his ult is very dangerous.
If u will reach lvl 6 first then you should engage but be sure where enemy jungler is.
Early ganks vs him may already win the gank for you.”
Debonair Karma says “Malzahar isn't that big of a threat himself, but he can easily kill you in a gank, he's also a very good roamer. Early on you can outpush him so try to shove him in because he struggles to farm under tower. Take teleport”
Gageowago says “Ahri destroys malzahar when it's just him. (Although you seriously need to make sure he can't reset his e onto you because you'll take a ton of damage.) When his spellshield is up and you want to trade with charm throw your q right before charm so that the spellshield is removed and he takes the charm amplified q damage as well as getting cc'd. When he hits 6 make sure to have both sides of the lane warded because Malzahar has insane gank setup potential. If he's too much of a problem to handle just purchase the QSS tax.”
BigFatCat909 says “Malzahar is only really annoying post 6, don't be fooled, merc treads don't reduce his ult duration, though the magic resist is nice.”
topal says “you can't really push him under tower and roam nor kill him in lane so he neutralises you well. He will just push and keep you under tower. Use your q to proc his passive and all in him when his passive is on cd before 6 or if he has no ult.”
ZombieZack1 says “Malzahar Should be Easily Winnable, he Has a Slow Laning Phase and Lux is decent while Farming Under Turret, Try to Auto him to Clear his Shield
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Lil Tidepod says “Malzahar has similar range to you, but if you avoid his silence, he should be an easy kill if his ultimate is down or he doesn't have it yet. Try to poke him hard and force him under turret, because he'll miss a lot of farm.”
Fhizzikx says “The only real threat is his r so bring cleanse with you if they can follow up and kill you. You can take down his passive shield with an auto attack so look to take it down whenever possible. Taking Liandries is necessary because if ur in combat then he will be in combat too and that means it will take longer for his shield to come back.”
Capparelli says “As shocking as it is this is actually not a terrible matchup, you can dodge his Q with W and your Q oneshots the minions he makes, his P is also easy to take out with a max range Q, Tiamat if shoving and roaming, Hexdrinker if fighting”
serruh says “slightly stronger version of lissandra(matchup-wise), used to be really annoying with his cancer puppies but since your flux auto-spreads on first cast, it's a lot easier to clear them and if you get rid of them he's a piece of cake. unlike lissandra, do NOT get cleanse as it will do nothing, but beware of his gank setup with R.”
RockitoAhri says “Poke him until he is killable with a single spell rotation. 50%HP Malz > Max Range Q > auto > W > R. Poof. He can't even ult.
If one shotting him is not possible, you engage with Q > R > W into him and charm right after. Most of the times he will ult you right after you dash into him and your charm will cancel his ult. Looks good as well. You will get honors and stuff. ”
Prenora says “so much utility allows you to break his sheild and the aoe bubble allows you to kill his summons with one spell, if he uses maleific visions on a minion, all in him.”
Kami_EU says “Long gone are the days in where Malzahar hardcounters Yasuo, quite the contrary - burning Malzahar's passive spellshield is rather simple for Yasuo.
Trade with him if he wastes his cooldowns.
Buying QSS will make you tough to kill for Malzahar even in 1v2 situations.”
Sismanski says “Not as bad as Cassio, but if Malza decided to save his ult just for you, he also will be quite annoying. This problem can be solved buy getting the Quicksilver Sash, but leaves your build without the final item.”
chrisloths says “Your plant autos can easily remove his spell shield. If he gets close to you to ult you, place your plants and ultimate and they'll kill him while he's standing still.”
theboywhodominatedaplat says “his silence and farming can be alilttle bit annoying, stay away from your minions when he E's them and one Q will clear his monsters
try not to tower dive him when he have his ulti and always bait his silence and try to dodge it anyway
”
Witchxry says “Terrible. He's very hard to play against because he gets a free spellshield, has a silence, and can cc you very hard with his Ult and just kill you if you get stuck. It's winnable, but you're gonna want to be as safe as you can while laning.”
Sloyr says “He will just push waves really hard and stay under tower. You can't dive him because of his R, so roam bot and wait for fights. During fights, try to go in when he wastes his ult.”
Yas Yasu Yasuo says “Rush QSS as soon as you can but still get some damage though. his point and click supression gives you 0.5 seconds (3.0-2.5) to do damage which you will probably only hit E. No mobility so call your jungle for free kills.”
MomQueen says “Built in Banshee's can literally block any attempts at damage, zoning silence to prevent CS-ing and engaging, and an ult that deals DOT and completely renders you immobile.”
ekkologix says “Medium matchup, Q to remove his passive and all-in with W , level 6 along a burst jungle like graves is a problem ,here i prefer tenacity over QSS.”
Gogicha55 says “Pokes, Has a really strong ult, REALLY good waveclear So it's hard to just shove and roam, try to kill him early or play it safe and roam if you see an opportunity ”
8wolf says “Very annoying to play against. His waveclear is amazing, but the voidlings give a bit of extra gold. Cleanse only removes the stun from his ult, the dmg still goes through, but if you really don't want to get the dmg from the space AIDS, cleanse + Zhonya is what you need.”
Daedralus says “Better to dodge than go to this game as he will never allow himself near you, not to mention his passive that prevents you from initiating with your Ult. You must always auto first to bring his passive down and never have your Q or Ult blocked or you will have no source of higher damage or heal, and will bring your death especially with his swarm of minions that hurt like hell as if his ranged suppress ult was not enough. Your E is good if you ever get infected by his E and can make his ult signifcantly useless if timed together by luck and will leave him slightly vulnerable in this case. But other than that, he has a great advantage over you. ”
Gettsuu says “Très chiant a tuer en 1v1 mais il ne vous tuera jamais en 1V1 non plus vus votre range.
Je vous conseille de hard push la lane et de roamer.”
Tehqo says “Get his shield out of the way. Once he's 6 you might not want to shuffle him anymore because he can just ult you. His little creatures will be annoying to deal with.”
NebuIa says “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
This lane shuts you down completely. Auto-shove then he hides in fog of war so you cannot step up because he can just R you if you go into the river. His jungler can play around him easily so you cannot get vision (permanent pinks you can't contest.) THIS IS THE ONLY MATCHUP I CONSIDER GLACIAL AUGMENT IN. I know my laning is shut down so I go for a supportive style of build.”
TheBlueImperial says “Not seen him in a really long time, incredibly unpopular but you easily shove a lane and roam and there isn't much he can do against it.”
Impswitch says “He pushes pretty well so its hard to roam. Obviously you dont want to be pushed and have him flash ult you and get ganked but you can farm it up and try to roam.”
KitsyMamori says “He will shut you down no matter what. He has a spellshield to block your Q/R and a suppress with a lot of abilities that go with it. Avoid 1 on 1's”
GalioPlayer says “he can absorb your most important dueling ability (E) with his passive and then proceed to murder you with his very , very balanced kit ”
cobbzy says “Really difficult lane. Play passive and ask for jungler pressure when they can help. If you can get ganks and secure the kills, it could be easier for you in the mid game to destroy in lane. Take Doran's shield. ”
vaske_lol says “He is unkillable in lane for the most part. DO NOT jump into the enemy team while his ult is up even if you have Zhonya's.
If you use your Q to cancel his R, you will most likely win the teamfight or survive the incoming gank.”
Aizenvolt says “It's generally an easy matchup. Try to dont take free poke from his malefic visions. What I mean is when he has used that on the minions stay away from them because when it kills a minion it will go on the nearest target and if it is you then you will get free poke. After 6 be careful, because his ult can synergize well with a gank and take an easy kill so when you go in be sure that the enemy jungler isn't near. Whatever you do dont dive him under turret. He will ult and kill you easy. Ask for gank if you cant kill him. Don't take cleanse versus Malzahar, it doesn't work on his ult. If you get hit by malzahars malefic visions try to not get hit by malzahars call of the void(i mean his silence) because it will refresh malefic visions damage on you.”
ShockStrikes says “Dodge his poke, he is able to silence you, resulting in you not being able to use your abilities. Build Quicksilver Sash against him because his ultimate is broken. Not even cleanse can break his ultimate CC.”
stupid katarina says “(Q* + R) He can't do much. If he doesn't have flash make sure to kill him as much as possible. His ultimate isn't that bad if you R near him for the knock up effect or if you W to polymorph him.”
LONERlSM says “Farm lane malzahar passive blocks one spell look to q him and break the passive before making an extend trade. Play away from your minions malz e spreads to the closest target if malz es you than look to shove the wave forcing malz to lose cs but if he es the wave look for an extend trade.”
DravensBukkake says “TP
cancer af matchup he cc lock you into gank spam
jk this ain't liss
Ignite matchup. Malz solo kill pressure VERY low. Setup soldiers levels 1-3 next to him. Walk up, and setup soldiers. if he E's or Q's you, your AA will out dmg it, much less if you do 2 AA's. At around level 3 to 4, if you aa'd him enough, at around 30% hp, he'll die from W E Q AA ign. Buy QSS later if you really need to, or if you're the teams win condition. Only reason its listed major, is because theres literally no counterplay to his ult, other than QSS. You hard stomp him in lane, out shove out poke out everything, but he denies you being able to 1v9. Absolute cancer. Also you can't dive him for shit past 6.”
MarkeleleYasuo says “Fight him as much as you can before 6 After that you must buy Qss before you can fight him, when you have your Qss the lane becomes very easy again, use his voidlings to your advantage ”
Marumo says “Threat level 6.
He's a pain, sure, but at the end of the day if you're keeping yourself up on farm and positioning well you shouldn't have too hard of a time. What's even nicer is that he likes to push you under tower and leave himself vulnerable to ganks.”
YeeDS says “Can kill you at all stages of the game. His minions slows you so you don't get close and there is nothing to dodge so you die real easy.
Get Mercury Treads and try to avoid him.”
Braddik says “E his void walkers and burst him down, watch out for his R level 6. dont take super long trades as his space aids will hurt a lot. You can poke him pretty well and absorb his damage with your q.”
EvilBird090 says “Fuck this guy. Malzahar himself is not the biggest threat to Vladimir, but his passive denies you an all in most of the times while his ult further cucks you in teamfights even if you go for different targets. The only counter play is to build QSS or wait his ult out, otherwise the enemy team will probably focus you while you are suppressed and you will die before you can Zhonya's or pool.”
Mortal333 says “His spellshield can nulify the stun of your E and make him able to dodge every single skillshot, has a good range, a silence and his ultimate makes it easy to gank you or engage on you.”
spark2 says “If at all possible, avoid picking Ekko into Malz. Most of his abilities are point-and-click, giving him really easy, unmissable harass and lockdown. Always pop his passive shield before trying to engage. He pushes extremely hard and is vulnerable to ganks, so just try not to die too much and ask for help from your jungler when he inevitably pushes the wave! Investing in a Quicksilver Sash to negate his ult is also definitely worth it if you're having trouble.”
HeisendongNA says “Malzahar is an amazing pusher who destroys turrets quite easily. Also care for his lvl 6 burst; suppression from his ult can set up ganks on you super easy.”
Cloud375 says “Space aids are annoying and so are the minions due to your squishiness. You cannot cancel his ult either so typically, I would either ask for a jungler to help or just take cleanse over ignite in this lane.”
Tayna says “You counter him, but it's annoying to play against, ngl.
Time your E well, keep your distance, and just go all in when he doesn't have his ult.”
IceBite says “kill him early and together with your jungler after 6, Malzahar mains are small brain so they will push your lane forever and wont stop until they got your Inhib. maybe take Dorans Shield vs his E”
Yu_1 says “His immense CC will be a pain to deal against, not to mention his spell shield further making your job harder. Try and bait him to use his ultimate before you use yours, and harass him whenever possible using the W-E-double Q combo.”
Garybaldo says “Careful with his 6-spike, his passive will mess up your E, he'll outpush you hard, however you're much more relevant in teamfights. Sash is a must. Use your W to see if he's roaming, spam-ping the hell out of sidelanes when missing, he has great roam potential”
iijcaii says “His passive can deny a pluck and save his life a lot. His spiders are also an issue to maneuver around. Save your W for when he uses R on you to counteract the DOT damage. He can also use his silence to cancel your Q.”
wrinkle_juice says “You'll probably need QSS late game because he will most likely just focus ult you every time he sees you in team fights. Definitely need two rotations of your tornado in order to go in on him effectively because of his spell shield. Never engage while his shield is up and steer clear of minions that are afflicted with his poison.”
Novok says “Poke him until he is killable with a single spell rotation. 50%HP Malz > auto > E > Q > W > R. Poof. He can't even ult. If one shotting him is not possible, you engage with Q > R > W into him and charm right after. Most of the times he will ult you right after you dash into him and your charm will cancel his ult. Looks good as well. You will get honors and stuff. ”
worddog says “A simple matchup, if you want to win hard you have to build tenacity. If you do not mind scaling than the lane is fairly simple and he will never pose much of a threat to you until you have already hit your power spike. You'll want strong waveclear if you plan on having a passive lane.”
SirZeros says “Malzahar is not picked that often, but can definetly burst you down pretty quickly. You have to tell your jungler to babysitt a bit in the earlygame, because if he gets ahead it's not funny. Some Magic Resist helps anyway.”
Hi Im Zoky says “Malzahar is strong against zed.
He got strong push and laning phase, he's ult counter you the most. Try poking with q and freezin wave til your jg is ther!
”
Euphoric Toaster says “The main thing Malzahar does is shove, so if as you're able beat or match his push you've already negated a lot of his presence in the game. Focus mainly on keeping up with his shove and wait for teamfights, as you have a greater presence in them than he does. Malzahar can only Ult one person in teamfights and you can not only Ult multiple people but he is completely vulnerable to being oneshot by you if he doesn't Ult you. In lane, poke his shield off with autos or by fanning your W, and you can E his voidlings, killing them all and hurting his pushing power. Unfortunately he MAY get some early kills on you with flash Ults + his jungler ganking, which theres really nothing you can do about that. If worst comes to worst you can always just but a Quicksilver Sash as well.”
chloric says “Ughhh fuck this guy. Honestly ban him because:
1. His Spellshield cockblocks you to hook him.
2. His voidlings can block your hook.
3. His ult is annoying.”
Full Metal Jayce says “Malzahar isn't really a hard matchup in terms of mechanics but his ult can often times set up ganks or a full combo of his with ignite can often take you down with very little you can do against it.
BUT ONCE YOU GET A QSS AFTER YOUR GHOSTBLADE HE STOPS EXISTING AS A THREAT.”
Big Shawn says “If you attempt to rush QSS, you will win this lane. But your Play style will have to change, that being passive as your are "technically" behind.”
DVL CHALLNGR says “You must build Hexdrinker to absorb his damage in Early Game
Don't approach your E'd minions
Force him to do his R then use yours for payback”
Zeyan says “Spell shield Counters your engage and his silence messes your engage up. hard to kill in lane without jungle help and his ult completely ruins your day.”
ZenonZeni says “Never Dive Mal he will lure you in under tower and destroy you. When facing mal play smart and punish him if he is alone. But never face him without an advantage while also try to avoid clinging to minions.”
OnlyCheeseBreads says “I'm just going to put it simple- I hate Malzahar. His free spell shield makes it very hard to kill him. If you pop ult before he does (remember Pop Blossom only stops with death), then you can interrupt his ult and get away/kill him. Always kill his voidlings with Q and stack your passive off them.
You DO NOT kill him in lane. It just isn't possible. Maybe with a gank, but don't spam ping your jungler about it. Just wait for Ludens and stopwatch before roaming, because you can't really push against him.”
EvilOranges says “Start D-Shield or D-Blade. This is a matchup where he will poke you with his E, shove your wave with Q, W, AND E, can't get knocked up because of his shield passive, and can level 6 insta-kill you with his jungler by pressing R. Rush QSS after zeal or statikk. (You don't have to right after zeal if the enemy jungler is weak or can't really gank well.) Take Fleet Footwork.”
I Do Not Flame says “Try to kill it before he reach 6 or he can snowball with you.
Let him push lane and farm with your Q, trying to hit him with it to take away his shield.”
ShadowFox101 says “He has amazing waveclear which means he can punish your roams. Once he hits level 6 he can counter your ultimate with his own. If you hit level 6 first, try to kill him. Don't underestimate his silence when you go in.”
Vispectra says “You will not be able to kill this man. He will shove the lane down your throat and force you to CS under your tower while suffering space aids, his biggest threats are his passive , which can be annoying to get rid of and his R which will set you up perfectly for the easiest gank ever. If you want to win the try sidelanes later on.”
vzelt says “Going against Malahar can be tricky after level 6. I recommend taking cleanse for this champion matchup to dodge the R. It will be hard to win trades so try to keep up with farm until the late game where you can outscale.”
LightningDeceptigon says “Annoying to deal with, high poke and his ult is a major threat since Vlad doesn't run cleanse. Strong laning phase compared to Vlad's weak early-game.”
DaykareLeL says “Hes a major counter because he can push without even enter in your Q range and he forces you to build QuickSilver what delay your power spike.”
Xavier Senori says “Malz is a pretty serious problem in lane, as his spell shield protects him against early harass, he can burst you down with his ult, and he pushes harder than you. Harass him early to force him to place his space aids on you instead of on the minions, and push him under his tower. Call for early ganks if possible.”
Poleseas16 says “Your worst nightmare if you're playing Fizz. As a melee champion, it'll be incredibly difficult to win trades if his passive shield is up. You won't be able to all in at any stage of the game as his ult will stop you in your tracks. You'll be forced to CS under turret early game until help with a gank.”
Pumparum says “Malz doesn't have the mana to kill you early and isn't fast enough to out roam you. His only threat is that he may lock you down for a gank or that you underestimate his voidling damage while being ulted. Fairly easy farm lane.”
Galactroce says “Il vous seras chiant d'affronter un Malzahar à cause de son passif qui ignoreras vos dégâts. Mais son passif s'en va quand il marche sur votre E, vous pourrez toujours le root (Z) Il peut aussi vous faire de gros dégâts avec son combo simple mais très fort. ”
unownreality says “if you can pop his magic shield, you can kill him. Watch for minions to predict ult use. Singularity his position and wait until his spell shield is popped before detonating. ”
MechaaZero says “I have come to hate this match-up largely due to his ult. which LASTS FOREVER. His minions provide decent blockage for your Q, but once you get 6 things shape up. The R is really the deciding factor, and he will have better wave pressure.”
CC Diana says “The main issue with playing against Malzahar is that he naturally and very effectively pushes the lane which gives him roam priority. To prevent him from roaming, push the lane back into his tower. Once you are 6, Malzahar should not be much of a problem. Once you have gotten rid of his passive shield he becomes a free kill unless of course he still has ult up. In this scenario, just poke him down with Q until he gets low enough for an all in. It also goes without saying that at level 6, do not dive Malz while he is under turret since he can suppress you before you finish your full combo.”
maplecat21 says “You scale comparably, you push comparably. You get free money from his voidlings though. You also have a stronger duel than him post 6, so make sure to abuse it. Remember that you can knock out the spellshield with an auto, and if you hit him with Q dead on and explode when it's passed him, you can still stun him through spellshield.”
Boy0Champ says “In this matchup you want QSS early. Malzahar is very good at setting up free kills with his ultimate, so i suggest finishing your Zeal or Phantom Dancer and then rush a QSS.”
EvilOranges says “Corruption Potion. He is long range, infinite pushing power, and an ult that can lock you out of Riftwalk and any abilities for ganks. You won't be able to touch him early, so just play safe early. Try to buy a Quicksilver Sash, especially if the enemy jungler has strong damage. You can Riftwalk away if the jungler can't do enough damage while you are suppressed.”
RagexAddict says “Malzahar can push you in pretty hard, the same as Heimerdinger. His damage is lacking early if his voidlings aren't up, so use that as your chance to trade with him. A good idea beforehand would be to Q at him and E away and wait for them to come off cooldown. You'll be more effective the next time you go in to trade with his spellshield down. Remember that his ultimate will suppress you and leave you vulnerable to attack and that his spellshield can negate your ult.”
Flipps says “Don't let him catch you out. You should be able to clear his minions fairly quickly. If he is shoving wave to meet a skirmish ping it really hard and try to focus him. If he keeps focusing minions you might be able to kill or demotivate him to skirmish, otherwise you are better off going to the skirmish yourself. Knowing when to roam on cassiopeia is key, as she is immobile. you might want a QSS in this lane.”
picarowanderer says “His Ult is quite annoying because it puts you in a position where you can't do shit. I'd peel with the ADC if I were you. In early game though, you can poke him to take away his shield. Afterwards, you can bully him until he does a shitload of AP to you. This is why you have a wall.”
Rarely Pro says “Malzahar's Passive can get pretty annoying when you are trying to perform your burst or cage him, and sometimes they build Banshee's Veil which adds on to the annoyance, to to poke with your Q to remove his passive and watch out for him using flash ults. It's best to build Banshee's Veil yourself to counter him.”
LyndonK9 says “This matchup is not super hard but it is in his favor. Use your auto to get rid of his passive and Q him.
His spellshield negates your charm so try and auto him to get rid of it and charm. This is best done while your jungler is ganking. He has an easier time waveclearing than you.”
DaytonMcCloud says “If you're not familiar with the match up, this can be a nightmare with his spellshield and ultimate. Keep it down with Q, and look to trade when he uses his abilities to clear waves.”
Nightshade17 says “This guy is one of Vlads hardest counters. His ult pretty much makes you useless. Be very careful about getting caught out by his R. His biggest weakness early is his mana costs so try and keep him in lane as long as possible.”
RainbowNova says “He has a Point 'N Click Suppression, a pretty wide Silence and a Point 'N Click DoT ability which stops most of your movement speed bonuses. You'll most likely be too fast for him to hit anything, but it's a threat nonetheless.”
YourBestSenpai says “Eh, really gay ult, but that's all to be honest. Try to get his passive off first before engaging, if he ults someone else, just charm him, try to predict when he might ult you and charm right before he does to cancel it and smash him,”
virkon says “Excellent matchup for Orianna, your Ball kills his minions easy, and you win 1vs1. You both want to push waves, but he cant without his minions so you get dominance mid lane.”
Ec40494 says “Ultimate counters your ultimate. Break his shield with Q before all in. Avoid getting poked by his Poison and get QSS if ulti is proving too much for you.”
Zee Led says “This is early QSS matchup, after level 6 you just need to play as defensive as you can, because if malzahar ults you and his jungler is around, you are dead no matter what. Remember, cleanse doesn't work for malzahar's ultimate, that's why you need QSS.”
Zee Led says “You need to play as aggressive as you can untill level 6. Don't make trades when his passive shield is up, make sure to get it down with Q, then wait till Q is up again and go in hard. Don't risk making plays when he's level 6, because his ult is simply stupid and if his jungler is around, you will be dead.”
Best Karth NA says “Easy pre 6, you outpoke him. Use your q or auto to get rid of his shield and then go to town because he has a lot of trouble dodging your q. Malzahar's worst matchup imo, as he can't do much to you early game, and you have strong kill potential on him pre 6. If you aren't confident in your ability to grab an early kill on him, hard shove the wave early on as he has a lot of trouble last hitting under turret. ”
Charon25 says “Plus embêtant qu'autre chose. Il peut bloquer le Coup de Bidon avec ses créatures, mais elles sont tuables en un Q.
Protobelt et Chasseur Ingénieux essentiels pour contrer son push.”
AgreeableOtter says “Skill Matchup.
Rush Hexdrinker and hope that he's too stupid to R you after you come out of your ult. Your chances of killing him pre 6 are pretty bad because of his Passive Shield. You outscale him pretty hard, you should use that to your advantage.
Of course Qss fucks him really hard”
noolan says “Buckle your seatbelt, this is going to be a nightmare lane. You are going to lose lane so badly, it is going to physically hurt. DOT, 2.5 second ult cancelling suppression, an army of minions. Someone please remove this champion. Im done. . . ”
NescEI says “Get his Spellshield down first. Hexdrinker is a good option, QSS too when you got some Gold to spare. After his spellshield is down Q combo him and wait till next W or go in when he's low enough. Try to get an AA first when you went in, then R E AA. Don't try to towerdive, almost everytime it ends by killing yourself.”
Shderen says “Really insane pushing power, get ready to farm under tower. His Voidlings are also nuts, consider slowing them with your Q. Fun fact: hitting him while his passive is up with your Q still gives you the health regen and movespeed. Skill matchup.”
HerrSolahri says “Well... We saw how this Matchup goes in the Finals of 2017 Worlds Crown vs. Faker. Try to avoid it, but I most of the times win it anyway, because most Malzahar players are Autofill or bad, but a Malz OTP will win it.”
Fruxo says “Although his ultimate can drain your health away as well as suppress you, recommend getting Mercurial Scimitar to break off from suppression. His overall damage is pretty small though but it can still kill you if you aren't being careful.”
Extro Huski says “He can block your ult because of his bullshit passive which leads to a major threat. He also deals a lot of damage and has a lot of range”
chillin kenshi says “Walls you into lane try to kill him after he uses e or q on wave. Take his passive down with auto, dash to dodge the silence, get hex drinker and or qss your gonna it at least after lane. He will wall you into lane”
SmokeyEggs says “Immobile champ but his silence can interrupt all in's and his E with W can really hurt. Just push the wave hard and all in him when you can kill.”
Drdarkmage666 says “Non stop shoving wave you wont be able to kill him. He can out trade you if he lands his silence and can just press r for his jungler to kill you. ”
BicBee says “AA or W Malz to get rid of his passive shield before landing other skills onto him. You can 1 shot his voidlings with your Q. It'll significantly stop his push. Make sure to stay away from the minion that has malefic vision on it as it'll bounce to you when it dies. As soon as he uses his silence you can all in him pretty easily. DONT DIVE HIM.”
IHaveBongos says “He can constantly take down your turrets if you don't use them properly. To counter it just use 2 turrets at a time and when he takes down the set of two with his e place up 2 new ones. Another way would be to poke him with autos and pressure him out of lane early.”
BicBee says “You can 1 shot his voidlings with Q. AA or Q him to take off his shield before throwing out more skills. Look to trade with him whenever his silence is on CD. NEVER dive him. You win trades pretty easily, but won't be able to solo him instantly. You need to accumulate your damage over time. Play a bit more passive if your flash is down. ”
Bestlover says “You need to have some magic resist early and cleanse or quicksilver to fight him.
but until then you have a bad laning phase against him because he can poke you a lot before 6”
vukashin.xyz says “Land Q to remove his shield
Use W>E>Q combo to harras
If he uses e on minions you can trade with him since he will lose a lot if damage
Rush QSS after ghostblade or you will lack damage”
AzureArmatt says “Malzahar is Ahri counterpick for same reason Syndra is, point click ultimate you can't avoid once it's flying at you. his brainless mechanics let him get his wave pushed under your turret constantly and deal quite dangerous poke dmg over time. But here is the trick to beat Malzahar, get rid of his shield + abuse his short attack range. if you do this right you would be your teams hero because if Malzahar is behind everybody are happy.”
Bestlover says “Realy hard to engage, he as his shield and the time you need to take it way, he will just ult you and make you ult back or you die
Only way to win is to use cleanse and fight when his shield/ult is down.”
Lobex says “can do proto belt into him (just use proto to get his shield off and shark him right away, he will ult you and your shark knock up will cancel it so you win)
or just go qss”
Shaawn says “If you are against a good malz, you need to play smart (dorans shiled will help you alot in this matchup) rush qss so you can escape really easily from an enemy gank, if you feel like hes bad and you wanna kill him try to get his passive down with your nado and then once he is gonna look for a cs you dash in for a trade or maybe an all in.”
NocUout says “Easily one of your hardest matchups. Build hexdrinker and QSS as soon as possible if you want any hope of winning. Don't even try to get in close for a kill, he will just ult you and silence you. ”
thedonk says “Extremely annoying matchup. He will always be pushed up because of his E, which you should avoid. Try auto attacking away his passive before you trade with him. Buy QSS if you are having a really hard time against his R. Cleanse will not help with his R!!!”
Chickenwheel says “Malzahar just wants to push and we want to fight. His passive makes it very hard to trade since we can't proc it without being on top of him.
TLDR: He's a b*tch. Just farm and roam.”
Delthion says “Take Electrocute against him. Constantly poke him with Q to keep his shield down, after level six wait for your E to come up and chunk him with R+E+W+Q this will proc Electrocute and get him to about 40% hp. Wait for Electrocute to come back up and all-in him. He will try to use ult, but unless he has all of his spells up, this won't hurt at all. Immobile AP champs like Malz are very easy to play into as Kassadin.”
overweight_zoe says “Same as lissandra. Your clear matches his but is much cheaper in the early levels. He'll find himself farming under turret a lot. Hilarious ult interactions as well, as sometimes malz will try to ult you as you peek-a-boo in with your ult, only for you to reset back to your initial position. ”
Jammy158 says “Yikes. This champ can apply aids and you can't do anything about it. He sets up easy jungle ganks at 6 because of his Ult. Try to abuse his weak early game before he hits 6 as he will end up just permashoving and not fight you. Get QSS later on.”
Dr Wonderdrugs says “Votre Q détruira le Z de malzahar et il en à autant besoin que son E de plus votre 4 rebond fait plus mal et il a trois sbires du néants avec son z qui le suive tant qu'il à pas E”
Junix L9 says “You cant really lane against him, he will just push lane over and over so you don't really get to fight him.
Try to push fast and follow up with his roams.
In teamfights you shouldn't go in when he has ult. ”
Eli The Bat says “Until level 6, its easy for you to make lots of damage to him....
His "W" thingies die to just one of your "Q" so, thats very nice....
If youre outfarming him and dont want to get in any trouble.... you can rush Quicksilver Sash and youre good to go....”
apsonalol says “Boneco que vai pushar lane e quando vir pra cima provavelmente o jungler vai estar vindo junto, fique longe de suas skills, recomendo sempre buildar AP Control, já que ele também vai jogar em base de controle de equipe, porém é bom você ter uma zhonya ou QSS em algum momento do jogo, mas isso fica ao critério do jogador.”
LionLifeSteal says “Don't go in his ult range and don't try to roam against him. If you roam while he is in lane you will miss many waves of minions because he has one of the strongest pushes in mid lane.”
LionLifeSteal says “Can walk straight through your wall if his spell shield is up and his suppress will likely result in you dying immediately afterward.”
Dr Wonderdrugs says “HA HA HA
Pardon de vous avoir effrayé ce n'est que le rire que vous aurez en affrontant malzahard l'idée est simple malz à besoin de son Z et son E pour farmer mais vous utiliserez son Z (les êtres du néant) comme cible lorsqu'il l'activera ainsi vous pourrez le poke d'un peu plus loin deplus vous pourrez instant QZQ parceque ses être du néant perde des pv rapidement et son donc squishy.”
moutenn says “His damage is not your problem. The fact that he can hold you in place as a jungler comes in is the problem.
Prop his shield with Q. Then engage with W. Remember that wile he R's, he cant move, so he will be right there when you comes out.”
qasddsa says “He'll constantly push you in during laning phase. After level 6, it'll only get more dangerous because of his ultimate and silence. I recommend trying to push up and roam or wait for him to roam to push towers. In teamfights, try to avoid going near him as much as you can or wait until he has already used his ultimate.”
Yadashi says “Becuase of Malzahars spell shield and point click poke it's hard to trade with him in lane. It's hard to land a combo on him becuase of his W. After 6, because of his point click ultimate, waiting for gank is probably your best option. Get Banshee's Veil second item in this matchup”
WhiteSheepz says “Malzahar is a huge threat to any Xerath player, if he hits an ultimate you are as good as dead. His spell shield also stops your poke reducing you to crying in the corner. Request a lane swap if possible, if not just cs and kill his voidlings- try not to fight him.”
Andicus says “Malzahar can be fairly annoying if he is good at controlling the minion wave. Build QSS after Dirk or rush QSS if needed. You win in trades if you get rid of his shield before hand. Make sure to avoid his E (the void aids) as it does do more damage than you would expect.”
dingram says “He will usually be super aggressive and push your lane and his passive makes him hard to deal with, so make sure to try and get rid of the passive and get a gank from your jungler to punish any mistakes.”
rimzaki says “Hes passive silence and ultimate can be threat u If u want trade him u must down hims passive and dont fight low healt if he got level 6 get cleanse and beat him ”
Gambinos says “He can poke you out all he wants, he has a passive shield that counters your tornado. His Ult stuns. He'll also play like a bitch so, have fun lol”
Sozzoh says “If Malzahar has his shield up, try and get it out of the way so you can poke him. I recommend buying Mercury Treads against this guy so his ult doesn't last as long. Pre-6 you can play a little more aggressive, but once he gets 6, don't shuffle near him or else he'll ult you. His voidlings can also be a problem.”
Autoswitched says “High threat due to his silence, suppression, and generally annoying kit with his passive. If you get flash ulti'd by this guy, you're most likely getting ganked so the only option is to either rush a qss which will offer magic resist and will mean you'll never die to his ultimate, or rush a hexdrinker for a shot at "winning lane" Generally playing passive is enough. Items to rush - Qss, hexdrinker, life steal, phantom dancer, frozen mallet. Mallet is so he can't kite you. Start Doran's blade and aim to get a early refillable as you'll be popping potions a lot. Life steal is helpful but generally farm, you will out scale him and will easily 1v1 him later in the game.”
Prenora says “Because of his immobility, AP lucian can actually take advantage of Malzahar pretty easily. wait until he uses Maelific Visions on a minion, then go in on him hard. you can match his waveclear easily.”
Witwickies says “Quicksilver Stash is must-buy item. You always have to keep attention to target of his E. His E and W deals more damage than your poke. Always remember to pop-out his passive before picking fight or before all-in. But remember! Without QSS never come close to him.”
undeadsoldiers says “Malz is an annoying poophead who will shove you in constantly.
Poke him with Q and autos to keep his passive shield down.
You can easily nuke his voidlings with Sheen, but everything else will take its toll. Be prepared to buy lots of potions.
If he tries to flash-ult you, throw E at him if possible.
His ult alone cannot kill you until later in the game. Pop Barrier when it's over and run away to avoid absorbing more poke.
Suggested: rush Sheen to kill voidlings”
Morathin says “When playing vs. Malzahar, have an eye on the minimap and try to find his jungler. He has one of the best gank setups in the game with his ult. Try to fight him when you are sure that his jungler is not mid.”
macspam says “Malzahar will just waveclear the shit out of you and push you into turret. Put early points in W and just try to hold him at bay. Twin shadows is a good buy to destroy his spellshield.”
ZF.PandaYang says “He was everything you do now want to mess with, His Silence will stop you mid combo and so will his ult, never tower dive him unless you are prepared. get hexdrinker,QSS and mercuy's treads for good measure.”
WubbyWulf says “Malz is a hard lane to go against. He will poke you out with E and his ult will completely counter your kit. Try to ask for ganks if you are against this champ.”
wo xiang zhaoo says “He can bully you out of the lane but you can go balls deep when lvl 6. You can cancel his R with your Q. It's even possible to interrupt him while he R's you. Timing is everything.”
Prenora says “Malzahar's pesky shield basically nullifies half of your combo, making it hard to go in on him, if his shield is down you should be able to win the trades, wait for him to use maelific visions on a minion though first”
asffg123 says “Malzahar has good trading options, and his spell shield will limit what you can do. Once he hits 6, you will die if you play aggressive or he catches you. You are likely to lose laning phase.”
DuhBrandon says “this champ will be tricky if you are getting camped other than that you shouldn't have a problem just keep your eye on your health because malzahar has pretty good poke. and if he ults you and their jungler is there just accept death.”
Smol Jelly says “Bring cleanse for his ult, and use your E wisely. You can get some nice gold from killing his voidlings and minions at the same time. Be aware of his spell shield. Break it before you go in for a combo.”
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Sovereign Kitten says “The second he spawns his voidlings, kill them as they grant extra gold and line him up for tremendous damage through utilizing his (E) and his (R) CC, however, raising your Magic Resistance levels a little will prevent a sure death. Stay away from your purple glowing minions or it will bounce to you, making you the prioritized target for his voidlings, it only takes one auto to kill them. You should not use your (Q) to poke him, while his passive shield is up, attack him with your (E) to take it down before attempting to use (R) aswell. It's okay to take QSS to deal with being his priority target for utilizing (R).”
Phrxshn says “Save Mega Adhesive for Malzahar's Void Shift(Passive) which will disable his Crowd Control Immunity. Dodge his Call of the Void(Q) by avoiding his Portals and Laser to prevent damage or silence. Kite his minions with Poison Trail. Avoid going near targets afflicted with Malefic Vision(E). Save fling for his Nether Grasp(R). (Fling can override Nether Grasp if he has no passive and if Singed is in close range) (Mega Adhesive disables Void Shift) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Singed) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Recommended Items: Rylai's Scepter, Banshee's Veil)”
Fryx says “If anyone actually goes Malz Top against you, this will be a miserable time trust me :D He is top so can be ganked easily but that's the only upside of this lane.”
Hijitori says “His passive shield is a problem. Try to hit him with your E/W first and then use your Q. His minions give you your passive so 3 malza creatures heal instead of damaging you <3
If it wasn't for his passive, I would give him to TINY (1) counter tier.”
Viego99 says “skill match up in viego favor .you remove his passive with q . if you catch him with w you win every duel.after 6 you need carefully for enemy jung . malzahar slightly outscale viego but your tf is better(you need qss)”
The_Unf0rgiv3n says “You win early game but still be careful not to fight for too long when he has his E on you and 2-3 voidlinks around as well. If they have another AP champ in their team, getting hexdrinker before QSS might be a better idea.”
Phrxshn says “Save Offensive Abilities for Malzahar's Void Shift(Passive) which will disable his Crowd Control Immunity. Dodge his Call of the Void(Q) by avoiding his Portals and Laser to prevent damage or silence. Kite his minions or use Ground Slam to kill them. Avoid going near targets afflicted with Malefic Vision(E). Save fling for his Nether Grasp(R). (Unstoppable Force stops Nether Grasp) (Any attack disables Void Shift) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Even) (Outscaling Edge: Malphite) (Recommended Items: Abyssal Mask)”
YasTilt says “Really annoying Champion, try to remove his Passive shield with a Tornado, consider buying a QSS against him because his Level 6 is really strong. Don't take useless Poke.”
Phrxshn says “Save Infected Bonesaw for Malzahar's Void Shift(Passive) which will disable his Crowd Control Immunity. Dodge his Call of the Void(Q) by avoiding his Portals and Laser to prevent damage or silence. Kite his minions with Heart Zapper. Avoid going near targets afflicted with Malefic Vision(E).(Sustained 1v1 Trades: Dr.Mundo) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage)”
Phrxshn says “Save Jaws of the Beast or Primal Howl for Malzahar's Void Shift(Passive) which will disable his Crowd Control Immunity. Dodge his Call of the Void(Q) by avoiding his Portals and Laser to prevent damage or silence. Kite his minions or build Tiamat to kill them. Avoid going near targets afflicted with Malefic Vision(E). Save fling for his Nether Grasp(R). (Primal Howl and Infinite Duress can override Nether Grasp if he has no passive and if Warwick is in close range) (Any attack disables Void Shift) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Warwick) (Outscaling Edge: Warwick) (Recommended Items: Wit's End, Bilgewater's Cutlass)”
Phrxshn says “Save Pillar of Ice for Malzahar's Void Shift(Passive) which will disable his Crowd Control Immunity. Dodge his Call of the Void(Q) by avoiding his Portals and Laser to prevent damage or silence. Kite his minions. Avoid going near targets afflicted with Malefic Vision(E). Save Pillar of Ice for his Nether Grasp(R). (Pillar of Ice can override Nether Grasp if he has no passive and if Trundle is in close range) (Any offensive spells disables Void Shift) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Trundle) (Outscaling Edge: Even) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Force of Nature)”
Amvill says “His ult is very dangerous and usually builds anti-tank items so he packs a punch. He out pushes you as well so be careful when proxying and roaming.”
Phrxshn says “Save Facebreaker for Malzahar's Void Shift(Passive) which will disable his Crowd Control Immunity. Dodge his Call of the Void(Q) by avoiding his Portals and Laser to prevent damage or silence. Kite his minions. Avoid going near targets afflicted with Malefic Vision(E). Save Facebreaker or The Show Stopper for his Nether Grasp(R). (Facebreaker or The Show Stopper can override Nether Grasp if he has no passive and if Sett is in close range) (Any offensive spells disables Void Shift) (Sustained 1v1 Trades: Sett) (Outscaling Edge: Malzahar) (Recommended Items: Spirit Visage, Wit's End)”
SKRELAX says “Malzahar is quite annoying. You can outtrade him pretty well, but be aware of his W (Voidlings/Minions he spawns). His combo can be pretty destructive. Also, buy Quicksilver.”
PK Noob says “Build a QS, your going to need it. If Malzahar uses his Ultimate on you, that's about 5 seconds for his team to freely burst you down. He can also silence you in fights which can mess up your sustain.”
Humitaxx says “Malzahar can easily cancel everything you do with his spellshield that blocks your E, beware of his silence and his ulti whenever you go in in a teamfight. as soon as possible get a Quicksilver slash, it's highly necessary for laning after 6. IF YOU ARE GOING LETHALITY MID, MAKE SURE TO BAN EITHER MALZAHAR, VEL'KOZ OR XERATH”
Vandenelis says “you can break his spell shield with the spikes of your e, you can also cancel his ult by using q just before he ults you, you can also cancel his ult if he ults your teammate with w”
Noodles912 says “DANGER! DO NOT PLAY THIS LANE. If you main Vlad, this should be your permaban. His malefic visions does insane damage, and goes through your pool. You cannot stop his ult. This is considered giving LP to malz. If you end up in this lane, rush mercs and visage.”
negoZoma69 says “Neeko has a hard time trying to kill Malz in lane, but she has perma lane prio, which makes the matchup good. Use your prio to roam and help your team.”
TwistedDemon says “This should be an easy lane for you. At lvl 6, he won't kill you by himself (unless you play poorly), but it brings a huge pressure considering his jungler can come at any time and kill you.”
Ravenborne says “Very hard lane. You need to rush QSS in this matchup or you just straight up lose. You can only kill him if he is at your tower and you are full HP. Ghost him down and break his shield with your Q. Then pull him in and simply kill him. If you time it perfectly you can also cancel his R when you pull at the right time. Go 3 Rejuv Beads and just sustain through this one.”
MarkFromSingedMains says “Voidlings usually die to your poison but his Q E and R are all extremely oppressive to Singed's playstyle. If you run up on him he'll Q or R you to stop you from flinging, if you're proxy his E is super strong at forcing you to delay longer before an execute (Which makes it even riskier to aim for an execute) as the DoT from his E lengthens the time you're "In combat" and so you have to wait 13 seconds after the last tick of the DoT to execute. His R completely stops you in teamfights. Cleanse might work out in this match up but is still risky. Your W can cancel is passive.”
asconakos says “Pure annoying, Before 6 he just pokes you with his E and plays safe, After 6 If you try to all in he Ults you, Play safe bait him to walk up and ask for a Gank”
lulw says “Pretty easy matchup. If you roam his insane wave clear will crash the wave super fast under your tower. Melee q his shield then abuse him. Buy qss if he is 0/0/0 or more. ”
TrinityForceYasuo says “Play defensive against him level 1, level 2 you can go and trade but let him first use his E on the minions to wave clear and then go in. ( keep in mind not to be close to the minion which is dying because it might apply on you and probably that will make you lose the trade. After level 3 when he uses his E to wave clear and spawns void links EQ on then so you can kill them and deny him the wave clear potential he has, this way he will waste a lot of mana over and over and be forced to get out of lane and recall or if he stays he cant trade or wave clear at all. Freeze against him so you can make him overstep for minions and thats the moment to go in and trade with him/all-in.Buy also a QSS for his ultimate or a hexdrinker if their jungle is AP also (Buy hexdrinker after you purchased bersekers) ”
FoxyGrill says “Use your Q to take out his spell shield, dodge his Q and spam E as much as possible. If you time your ult correctly you might interupt his.”
A2Tap says “Try to poke Malzahar pre-6. He is very weak early on until he gets his ultimate. After level 6 he will try to kill you with his jungler. Try to play safe until you are able to purchase a QSS.”
qasddsa says “In lane, he'll pretty much just auto push because of his abilities. He won't be able to pressure you much unless you deliberately get hit by his abilities by standing near minions. Later on, you'll need to buy a QSS because of his Ultimate being able to suppress you. You could also be cheeky and try to buffer your R before he ults you to reduce the damage you take.”
ERNESTSAURUS says “FLEET FOOTWORK SETUP - DORANS SHIELD / 3 REJUVENATION BEADS + POT =
Malzahar isn't a toplane pick, he is quite inmobile and he some mana issues but if you get to play against a Malzahar, just don't trade at all against him, look to farm safely and dodge his Q, you can also stack his Void Swarm. Because he will always try to poke his laner, the wave will always be on your side so whenever your farming under torret, look to farm the melee minions with Q and then farm the range ones with E. The only way out of his R is qith QSS, Mikael's Crucible even though it seems like the perfect item to counter him, it doesn't remove suppresions, same with Cleanse, thats why SpellBook is sort of useless, Tenacity also doesn't reduce the duration of the suppresion, the only way to beat his R is either outtanking it and then run him down or buy QSS eventually. I recommend in case you want to build QSS, build only the Quicksilver Sash after Trinity Force + Boots and then build the Mercurial Scimitar as a last item, never buy it before Trinity Force since it will delay your powerspyke by a lot. This is a really hard matchup since he even has a Spellshield that can stop your wither, look to autoattack him or use E and then use Wither. Later on to the game its a really skill matchup but i recommend to teamfight, usually he can't really use his R properly and if he does, just engage or ask your team to hard engage on him. Remember you can stack his Void Swarms with Q.”
Grayified says “Fleet Footwork Runes and Build. Ignite + Flash. Dorans shield start. Malzahar has good poke and is ranged so he can get some good auto attack damage on you early. After level 3 he will have his full combo to summon a bunch of voidlings on you if you ever spin in. A couple of tips to take advantage of malzahar: Look for trades if he summons his voidlings and puts his space aids on the wave, he cant get his voidlings to attack you if they are already focusing the wave. Something that may stop you from going all in and killing malzahar is his passive shield. Your w when you hit the slow can actually get rid of the shield though and his shield has a long cooldown (30 second cooldown before level 6) Once his shield is down, wait for your w to come back up then you can look to pressure him. Malzahar is an immobile champion so if you can get the wave on your side of the lane you can use the extra room to run him down as well. Post level 6 you have to be careful about jungle pressure because malzahar has one of the best setups for a jungler to gank for him. Buying QSS later in the game can get rid of the suppression on his ultimate. In the mid-late game malzahar will have a really tough time dealing with you 1v1 but if for some reason you dont think you can dive him, you can always shove in and outrotate him for a flank on his team (if there is an opportunity)”
Ayanleh says “If hes ulting your ally quickly remove his passive with Q and ult him as it will remove his ult from your ally. He also has low mobility so if you pull him towards your teammates he will waste a flash or even die.”
RealSilent says “Buying a Quicksilver Sash will helps you counter his Ultimate.
You have to play agressive at the early game. Try to roam on other lanes to get some kills and focus on fast trade and farming in your own lane.
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9690 says “D-Blade or D-Shield. Really annoying. He can shove you out of lane and just ruin you. Don't try to trade unless you get out his passive or have your jungler with you. He can be very easy to kill if he messes up. His R is the real annoying thing though, if you plan to all in him you will need a QSS. Outscales you. Take Fleet.”
Dantheman81 says “This champion is broken and you will have a bad time. However, if you get picked this against you must rush magic defense if you even want to have a thought of surviving.”
Beatport Expo says “If you chose to engage him, swallow up a minion or one of his creatures and throw it on him to bring his shield down but be aware that he can easily prevent you from engaging the fight by using R combined with his creatures + other abilities of his”
Itreallyhim says “If he ults someone, Ult him (remove his passive first)
To stop his tether and kill him, He has no mobility and without his ult hes nothing.”
King Mcbean says “Another wave shoving match up. You can pop his spell shield often especially with Ludens. Be aware of flash ult Malz plus a jungler gank. ”
BeautifulWinter says “When Malzahar is top he can spawn his voidlings and make it almost impossible for you to get an E on him. When you do you should be able to win the trades. Consider buying QSS if you get ahead due to Malzahar ult being able to suppress you for so long.
Prior to 6 passive Post 6 Agro.”
Daniequila says “Malzahar harasses Yasuo in the midlane because Yasuo cant block any spells with his w so and for dives as Yasuo its hard because of malzahars ultimate.”
Atlascrower says “Ranged. Early Mana problems, but his shield is annoying for you. You can barrel his Voidlings and W his R, but you get the Damage from his E/Q.”
Phat_Taco says “He counters your lvl 1 all in but besides that you should be able to beat him in most cases. You win most trades and you can block his ult dmg with a well timed E”
RainbowNova says “Malzahar's spellshield, minions and ultimate are a threat, even to Tankmo. The minions can walk through shrooms and prevent Malzahar from walking into them, but they can also do the exact opposite and walk into them.”
Evil Lightning says “So WHAT if he has 90% damage reduction for a quarter of a second, your barrage of attacks and healing can pave your way to triumph through his VOID SPAWN OF AIDS.”
BeastKing says “A good malzahar will r you when you r. It doesn't matter which lane he is in, you will have no impact in team fights with a malz there.”
Ozymandeous says “Malzahar has great range and wave clear, constantly shoving you under tower. That and his passive make it extremely difficult to engage on him. ”
Trixelkour says “Very painful mage that can focus you down every time. Stay clear of his silence and you're good to go. Bring Cleanse if you don't want to die often. Rush Adaptive helm and Merc Threads to help you survive more often. Bring Dark Harvest or Grasp to trade damage.”
E61K says “Malzahar has point and click CC which isn't windwallable and a silence which just adds salt to injury. Not so much of a threat on his own but he forces you to build QSS and therefore delaying your core powerspike, making your already weak midgame even weaker. Pre-6 is where you can push your advantage. Post-6 is where you have to be careful. 1 step too far up in the lane and he could just ult you to set you up for his jungler. You can't even cleanse his ult. You have to buy a QSS. Malzahar is one of types of champions which can still be impactful even when they are feeding their ass off. If you don't know what to ban, this guy is always a good ban. On the bright side though your Q one shots his voidlings, which cuts down a nice portion of his damage and pushing power.”
Ashnard says “Malz will just try to afk push you with E, kill his voidlings asap to deny him. Make sure to chain him asap to cancel his ult. He's not much of a threat by himself, but you should still get a qss to be able to teamfight against him.”
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