Malzahar
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 2.1%picked in 61 of 2,915 games
- Ban
- 2.1%44 bans over 2,127 games, against 4.6% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,915 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 233,241 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 99% of mid laners.TeamfightLets allies carryCC
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 1.0%
- SoloQ
- 2.0%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 2.0%
- SoloQ
- 4.6%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 30 min
- SoloQ
- 28.4 min
How to play it?
Deathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesDeathfire Touch78% · 8,133
SpellsFlash + Teleport83% · 8,695
SkillsEnot collected in soloQ- Blackfire Torch
- Liandry's Torment
- Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 99% of mid laners.
- Crowd control (CC)top1%1.8 · mid laners: 0.7
- Lets allies carry killstop17%rank 83 of 100
- Plays teamfightstop19%58% · mid laners: 55%
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Teamfight
- Lets allies carry
- CC
Like other mid laners
- Damage in mid game
- Damage in late game
- Map pressure
- Absorbs damage
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few duels
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 14 in lane, 33 in mid game and 43 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 89% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 14 of 100 among mid laners481 · median 528
- Damage in mid game · rank 33 of 100 among mid laners859 · median 899
- Damage in late game · rank 43 of 100 among mid laners1,157 · median 1,179
- Gold at 15 min · rank 8 of 100 among mid laners-502 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 12 of 100 among mid laners-644 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 40 of 100 among mid laners2.8 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 38 of 100 among mid laners414 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 81 of 100 among mid laners58% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 24 of 100 among mid laners18% · median 23%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 83 of 100 among mid lanersrank 83 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 99 of 100 among mid laners1.8 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 47 of 100 among mid laners20% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+2.0%9,199 picks of 466,479ban 4.6% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments1.0%45 picks of 4,328ban 2.0% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%1 picks of 2,214bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
6.3% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Mid- 1.1%G19 games of 817
- 2.0%G216 games of 817
- 2.0%G3+7 games of 354
Not enough series yet: published from 30.