Champion sheet · Mid

Malzahar

Patches 16.20 to 16.22 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

6.6%#108 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.9%picked in 514 of 17,704 games
Ban: 3.7%612 bans over 16,752 games, against 0.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid47.7% between 43.9% and 51.6% over 461 gamesSoloQ 48.4%: no clear gap

Median length29 minsoloQ 26.6 min

Amateur: 18,564 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 235,635 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 Mid.DraftLength
How to play itDeathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment: 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 draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.7%
SoloQ
0.8%
3.7% ban rate in amateur play over 12,177 games, against 0.8% in soloQ over 158,928 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29 min
SoloQ
26.6 min
Median of 29 min in amateur play, against 26.6 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Deathfire Touch, then Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesDeathfire Touch83% · 7,014

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport78% · 6,573

Same in amateur play

SkillsEnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 107 games

Core (3 legendaries)36% · 1,587

36%of soloQ games

Blackfire Torch
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Liandry's Torment

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

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.

481-47 vs 528

859-40 vs 899

1,157-21 vs 1,179

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Malzaharmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 89% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

2.8takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

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%

04 — With / against

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

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV53.8% · expected 50.1% · 39 g+3.8 ptSoloQ -0.1

Lee Sin50.0% · expected 49.0% · 44 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +3.1

Wukong43.8% · expected 43.0% · 32 g+0.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

Midgap to expected

Ahri55.3% · expected 44.9% · 38 g+10.4 ptSoloQ -3.7

Twisted Fate53.3% · expected 46.7% · 30 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +4.6

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn53.7% · expected 45.5% · 41 g+8.2 ptSoloQ +2.2

Ezreal60.0% · expected 52.0% · 30 g+8.0 ptSoloQ +5.1

Jhin56.8% · expected 52.0% · 37 g+4.8 ptSoloQ +1.3

Kai'Sa51.4% · expected 47.6% · 37 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +2.6

Yunara48.6% · expected 45.6% · 35 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +0.7

Supportgap to expected

Lulu54.3% · expected 49.7% · 46 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -0.2

Braum48.4% · expected 45.3% · 31 g+3.1 ptSoloQ -1.7

Leona48.7% · expected 47.7% · 39 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +0.8

With

Topgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV59.4% · expected 45.4% · 32 g+14.0 ptSoloQ +4.5

Wukong52.9% · expected 52.5% · 34 g+0.4 ptSoloQ -0.9

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn55.6% · expected 50.0% · 36 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +0.8

Jhin48.6% · expected 43.5% · 37 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +1.4

Kai'Sa50.0% · expected 47.8% · 36 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.8

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus52.4% · expected 45.7% · 42 g+6.6 ptSoloQ +1.5

Lulu50.0% · expected 45.8% · 46 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +1.2

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.

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