MalzaharBuild for Mid - Patch 26.18
The patch 26.18 Malzahar top build uses Spellslinger's Shoes, Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Blackfire Torch, Shadowflame, Zhonya's Hourglass, Farsight Alteration. This Malzahar build has a 8.91% pick rate and a 55.29% win rate in LoL patch 26.18. Alternatively, check out some of the other ranked Malzahar build choices below.
Best Malzahar Build - Highest Win Rate Items
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Top Summoner Spells
Teleport + Flash56.3%Win Rate82.9%Pick Rate
Flash + Ignite50.0%Win Rate13.3%Pick Rate
Build Stats
This Malzahar build focuses on ability power for maximum spell damage. Build the core items first for your power spike, then adapt with situational items based on enemy team composition.
The core items for this Malzahar build are Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Blackfire Torch. This item combination achieves a 55.3% win rate across 888 matches analyzed.
At full build, Malzahar gains a total of 420 AP, 700 Health, and 50 Armor, giving a strong power profile for magic damage.
Best Malzahar Runes
Sorcery
Inspiration
Malzahar Abilities
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Malzahar build strength based on the items chosen in the build when compared to all builds across every champion. Strongest in: Health. Lower in: Physical Resistance, Magic Resistance, Physical Damage.
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- Win rate by rank & game length
The most popular starting items for Malzahar are Doran's Ring, Health Potion, Health Potion, Stealth Ward with a 55.6% win rate and 34.3% pick rate.
- S
Liandry's Torment
3,00053.84%Win Rate+2.01%WR Diff72.16%Pick Rate - S
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
2,60055.47%Win Rate+3.64%WR Diff55.16%Pick Rate - S
Blackfire Torch
2,80052.80%Win Rate+0.97%WR Diff64.09%Pick Rate
Malzahar players complete Blackfire Torch first in 61% of games, winning 52.9% of them. The median first item is finished at 10:48 (25th to 75th percentile: 9:42 to 11:48).
First item
- Win Rate
- 52.9%
- Pick Rate
- 61.5%
- Median completion
- 10:48
- Games
- 2,277
- Win Rate
- 52.6%
- Pick Rate
- 22.2%
- Median completion
- 10:42
- Games
- 823
- Win Rate
- 57.7%
- Pick Rate
- 1.9%
- Median completion
- 10:54
- Games
- 71
First two items
- Win Rate
- 64.2%
- Pick Rate
- 2.8%
- Median completion
- 17:42
- Games
- 95
- Win Rate
- 56.2%
- Pick Rate
- 17.0%
- Median completion
- 18:24
- Games
- 587
- Win Rate
- 53.9%
- Pick Rate
- 35.6%
- Median completion
- 19:06
- Games
- 1,228
Three-item core
- Win Rate
- 75.0%
- Pick Rate
- 0.7%
- Median completion
- 26:30
- Games
- 20
- Win Rate
- 58.2%
- Pick Rate
- 11.0%
- Median completion
- 24:42
- Games
- 306
- Win Rate
- 55.5%
- Pick Rate
- 22.2%
- Median completion
- 24:24
- Games
- 620
Stages keep purchase order, so "A then B" and "B then A" are counted separately. Completion time is the minute the last item of the stage was bought. Boots are tracked separately.
Malzahar players max E > Q > W in 74% of games, winning 52.4% of the 2,800 games that followed that order. The grid shows the most common ability at every level.
E
Q
W| Level | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 |
- E > W > Q: 23% of games, 52.3% win rate
- Q > E > W: 2% of games, 42.0% win rate
- S
Shadowflame
3,20054.73%Win Rate+2.90%WR Diff25.19%Pick Rate - S
Zhonya's Hourglass
3,25053.37%Win Rate+1.54%WR Diff16.34%Pick Rate
- S
Spellslinger's Shoes
1,10052.83%Win Rate+1.00%WR Diff74.76%Pick Rate
- S
Farsight Alteration
053.85%Win Rate+2.02%WR Diff25.41%Pick Rate
Combined statistics from all items in this Malzahar build.
Movement Speed:45
Health:700
Ability Power:420
Mana:600
Armor:50
Build Comparison
SpeedHealthAPManaArmor
This Malzahar burst mage build is optimized for players looking to maximize their impact in League of Legends. With a 55.3% win rate across 888 matches, this build has proven highly effective in the current meta. The build's key strengths include devastating ability power scaling with 420 total AP and substantial health pool for survivability. Choose this build when your team needs magic damage, especially if teammates are primarily AD-focused. Malzahar with this build can punish teams that stack armor. Consider the enemy team composition when finalizing your situational items to maximize Malzahar's effectiveness. However, be aware that this build limited ability haste may result in longer cooldowns. With a total gold cost of 15,950, this Malzahar build scales into the late game. Focus on farming efficiently and reaching your Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Blackfire Torch power spike before taking major fights. For optimal results with this Malzahar build, focus on proper itemization timing, positioning in teamfights, and adapting your situational items based on the specific challenges each game presents.
Strengths
- Devastating ability power scaling with 420 total AP
- Substantial health pool for survivability
Weaknesses
- Limited ability haste may result in longer cooldowns