Malzahar
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 2.1%picked in 60 of 2,886 games
- Ban
- 2.1%44 bans over 2,098 games, against 4.7% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,915 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 237,028 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Draft
- How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 85% of top laners.TeamfightCC
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.0%
- SoloQ
- 0.2%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 2.0%
- SoloQ
- 4.7%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
Deathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, and Rylai's Crystal Scepter: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesDeathfire Touch72% · 605
SpellsFlash + Teleport66% · 555- 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?
Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 85% of top laners.
- Plays teamfightstop15%58% · top laners: 53%
- Crowd control (CC)top23%1.2 · top laners: 0.8
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners
What marks it
- Teamfight
- CC
Like other top laners
No measure in the middle of top laners.
What it is not
- Few duels
- Little damage
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 84% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 13 of 100 among top laners-478 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 17 of 100 among top laners-540 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 3 of 100 among top laners275 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 85 of 100 among top laners58% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 17 of 100 among top laners22% · median 28%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 77 of 100 among top laners1.2 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 2 of 100 among top laners13% · median 20%
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.
With
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.
No pair measured in amateur play on this side.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.2%762 picks of 474,050ban 4.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.0%1 picks of 4,328ban 2.0% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,224bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
6.3% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as TopNot enough series yet: published from 30.