Vexvs Malzahar
Vex vs Malzahar is a moderate matchup in LoL patch 26.7. Vex wins with a 51.9% win rate (+3.8%) over Malzahar based on 79 games. Vex holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Vex build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Vex vs Malzahar matchup.
Vex Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Vex performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Malzahar(51.9%)Who Wins the Vex vs Malzahar Matchup?
Vex vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
The Vex vs Malzahar matchup is a moderate matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 79 recent matches analyzed, Vex wins with a 51.9% win rate compared to Malzahar's 48.1%, giving Vex a 3.8 percentage point advantage. Vex dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Malzahar players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Malzahar leads by 0.9s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Vex has a statistical edge, but the margin is close enough that respecting Malzahar's strengths is important. Trade when cooldowns are favorable, track the enemy jungler, and build toward your strongest item spikes to convert the slight advantage into a decisive lead. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Vex vs Malzahar Laning Phase Breakdown
Malzahar is favored during the laning phase against Vex, winning 3 out of 5 key stat categories. Malzahar holds advantages in farming, gold income and crowd control, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Vex Build Against Malzahar
Spellslinger's Shoes is the optimal boots choice against Malzahar, providing the mobility and stats Vex needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Vex against Malzahar are Luden's Echo, Stormsurge and Shadowflame. This combination gives Vex an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. This build performs exceptionally well, achieving a 80.0% win rate across 5 games — well above average and making it the top item path against Malzahar. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Vex vs Malzahar matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Vex54.5%Malzahar45.5%Vex50.0%Malzahar50.0%Vex dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 54.5% win rate — a 9.1 percentage point lead over Malzahar. This lopsided early game means Vex can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Late game (25+ minutes) is equally balanced, with Vex at 50.0% win rate — only 0.0 points ahead of Malzahar. Team fight execution and macro play determine the winner at this stage, not champion matchup advantage.
Vex holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Malzahar players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Vex Runes Against Malzahar
Domination
Sorcery
Running Domination primary with Sorcery secondary allows Vex to press their advantage against Malzahar, amplifying the strengths that make this a favorable matchup.
Vex matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.7. The table below shows Vex's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Vex build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54.43% | 158 | 6.3 | 907 | 11,979 | 53.3% | 55.4% | |
| 49.25% | 134 | 6.4 | 923 | 11,729 | 36.2% | 59.2% | |
| 41.90% | 105 | 6.0 | 872 | 11,389 | 39.5% | 43.5% | |
| 53.19% | 94 | 6.0 | 933 | 11,402 | 59.0% | 49.1% | |
| 56.67% | 90 | 5.4 | 849 | 12,085 | 54.8% | 57.6% | |
| 55.06% | 89 | 6.3 | 1,017 | 11,597 | 53.5% | 56.5% | |
| 50.00% | 80 | 6.1 | 968 | 11,632 | 47.2% | 52.3% | |
| 51.90% | 79 | 6.3 | 832 | 12,021 | 54.5% | 50.0% | |
| 39.19% | 74 | 5.7 | 826 | 11,787 | 31.0% | 44.4% | |
| 47.95% | 73 | 6.1 | 904 | 11,447 | 42.5% | 54.5% | |
| 61.19% | 67 | 5.9 | 936 | 11,936 | 64.3% | 59.0% | |
| 43.94% | 66 | 5.7 | 744 | 10,823 | 50.0% | 39.5% | |
| 55.74% | 61 | 6.2 | 853 | 11,365 | 58.1% | 53.3% | |
| 66.04% | 53 | 5.8 | 1,028 | 12,434 | 68.4% | 64.7% | |
| 50.00% | 50 | 6.3 | 813 | 11,931 | 43.5% | 55.6% | |
| 38.78% | 49 | 6.3 | 894 | 11,283 | 37.0% | 40.9% | |
| 50.00% | 48 | 6.0 | 798 | 10,901 | 55.6% | 42.9% | |
| 56.25% | 48 | 6.3 | 900 | 12,826 | 57.1% | 55.6% | |
| 54.35% | 46 | 6.0 | 1,040 | 12,831 | 66.7% | 48.4% | |
| 57.14% | 42 | 6.5 | 839 | 11,140 | 57.9% | 56.5% | |
| 50.00% | 42 | 6.1 | 814 | 11,522 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 35.71% | 42 | 5.9 | 886 | 10,600 | 44.0% | 23.5% | |
| 48.72% | 39 | 6.5 | 952 | 11,274 | 45.5% | 52.9% | |
| 63.16% | 38 | 6.2 | 827 | 10,983 | 56.3% | 68.2% | |
| 56.76% | 37 | 5.9 | 838 | 11,244 | 56.3% | 57.1% | |
| 48.65% | 37 | 6.2 | 974 | 12,495 | 64.7% | 35.0% | |
| 41.67% | 36 | 5.5 | 872 | 11,535 | 37.5% | 45.0% | |
| 44.44% | 36 | 5.7 | 821 | 11,497 | 41.2% | 47.4% | |
| 61.76% | 34 | 5.9 | 985 | 13,287 | 75.0% | 57.7% | |
| 64.52% | 31 | 5.8 | 1,023 | 12,082 | 57.1% | 70.6% | |
| 50.00% | 30 | 6.3 | 985 | 11,768 | 53.9% | 47.1% | |
| 46.43% | 28 | 6.1 | 922 | 10,285 | 37.5% | 58.3% | |
| 37.04% | 27 | 6.0 | 983 | 10,632 | 35.3% | 40.0% | |
| 33.33% | 24 | 6.6 | 930 | 11,160 | 42.9% | 20.0% | |
| 52.17% | 23 | 6.3 | 625 | 10,440 | 60.0% | 46.1% | |
| 50.00% | 22 | 6.6 | 1,034 | 13,494 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 6.0 | 933 | 11,746 | 87.5% | 33.3% | |
| 31.58% | 19 | 5.5 | 973 | 12,412 | 66.7% | 25.0% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 6.4 | 858 | 10,930 | 85.7% | 36.4% | |
| 38.89% | 18 | 5.4 | 809 | 9,556 | 40.0% | 37.5% | |
| 46.67% | 15 | 5.0 | 824 | 10,209 | 44.4% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 6.0 | 943 | 10,481 | 57.1% | 28.6% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 5.0 | 807 | 11,920 | 40.0% | 62.5% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 7.3 | 1,083 | 12,239 | 40.0% | 66.7% | |
| 10.00% | 10 | 6.1 | 932 | 11,447 | 16.7% | 0.0% | |
| 70.00% | 10 | 6.1 | 842 | 11,041 | 66.7% | 75.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 6.3 | 773 | 11,256 | 75.0% | 40.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 6.3 | 912 | 11,184 | 80.0% | 50.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 5.7 | 1,039 | 11,317 | 25.0% | 80.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 4.3 | 874 | 11,749 | 50.0% | 57.1% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 6.4 | 890 | 10,755 | 66.7% | 20.0% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 5.5 | 1,167 | 12,605 | 66.7% | 40.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 5.9 | 1,015 | 13,306 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 5.7 | 955 | 11,642 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 1.9 | 698 | 9,522 | 33.3% | 80.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 5.7 | 936 | 12,009 | 0.0% | 80.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 5.6 | 1,024 | 12,382 | 66.7% | 25.0% | |
| 42.86% | 7 | 6.1 | 951 | 12,324 | 0.0% | 75.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 2.2 | 582 | 8,994 | 0.0% | 40.0% | |
| 28.57% | 7 | 5.5 | 670 | 10,591 | 50.0% | 20.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 1.7 | 734 | 10,320 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 6.0 | 1,092 | 10,939 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 83.33% | 6 | 5.5 | 919 | 11,656 | 75.0% | 100.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 3.9 | 568 | 9,552 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 4.5 | 956 | 11,949 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 5.8 | 1,078 | 12,439 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 0.00% | 6 | 4.4 | 625 | 10,303 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 785 | 10,324 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 2.5 | 789 | 9,747 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.4 | 1,115 | 14,542 | 50.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.0 | 1,123 | 11,634 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 1.9 | 518 | 7,851 | 25.0% | 100.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 5.9 | 1,077 | 11,310 | 66.7% | 100.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 2.2 | 859 | 11,651 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 5.5 | 920 | 11,565 | 100.0% | 33.3% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.3 | 1,256 | 14,388 | 0.0% | 100.0% | |
| 0.00% | 5 | 5.3 | 1,018 | 13,509 | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 2.5 | 912 | 10,063 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 20.00% | 5 | 5.8 | 856 | 10,300 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
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Vex vs Malzahar - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Vex do against Malzahar in League of Legends?
Vex wins the Vex vs Malzahar matchup with a 51.9% win rate compared to Malzahar's 48.1%, a 3.8 percentage point difference. This data is based on 79 recent ranked games in patch 26.7.
How does Vex do against Malzahar in the early game?
In the early game, Vex has the advantage against Malzahar with a 54.5% win rate versus 45.5%. Vex players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Vex do against Malzahar in the late game?
In the late game, Vex takes over the Vex vs Malzahar matchup with a 50.0% win rate compared to 50.0%. Vex scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Vex vs Malzahar matchup?
Vex wins the matchup against Malzahar with a 51.9% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.7. The 3.8 percentage point advantage means Vex is moderately favored in this lane matchup based on 79 games analyzed.
What is the best Vex build against Malzahar?
The best Vex build against Malzahar includes Luden's Echo, Stormsurge, Shadowflame with Spellslinger's Shoes. This build achieves a 80.0% win rate in the matchup. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Vex runes against Malzahar?
The best Vex runes against Malzahar use the Domination primary tree with Sorcery secondary. This rune setup achieves a 48.8% win rate in the Vex vs Malzahar matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Vex counter Malzahar?
Yes, Vex has a favorable matchup against Malzahar with a 51.9% win rate. Vex has a solid advantage over Malzahar in lane based on current patch 26.7 data.
How do I play Vex against Malzahar?
When playing Vex against Malzahar, leverage your statistical advantages by trading aggressively during favorable windows. You have early game priority — look for kills and zone control before first recall. Build the recommended items and runes for this specific matchup for the best results.