Malzahar

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Comp identity — Mid / Top

Leans Catch — its strongest of the five comp axes.

Plays like — nearest pentagon

Ranked by how close their five-axis heatmap looks — role-agnostic.

Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Catchnatural · 70%
Attackworkable · 30%
Siegeworkable · 30%
Malzahar creates the picks that turn games into 4v5s. Enough Attack and Siege sits in the kit to fight front-to-back when the enemy forces it. Passive (Void Shift) periodically grants CC immunity + 90% damage reduction until broken by non-minion damage or CC, cooldown scaling 30s to 12s.

Kit quirks

Passive (Void Shift) periodically grants CC immunity + 90% damage reduction until broken by non-minion damage or CC, cooldown scaling 30s to 12s
R (Nether Grasp) is an uninterruptible suppression channel that also creates a 'Null Zone' dealing percent-health magic damage
E (Malefic Visions) spreads to nearby enemies on target death and executes low-HP minions, refreshing duration on Q/R hits

How Malzahar actually performs in ranked solo queue · 32 weighted games

Solo queue strength

Mid49% WR · 25.3 games
Top49% WR · 4.8 games
Bot50% WR · 1.9 games
Support50% WR · 0.2 games

Strongest duos

Not enough paired games yet.

Best matchups

No favored matchups recorded.

Hardest matchups

No losing matchups recorded.

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Malzahar — The Prophet of the Void

Class: Battlemage
Resource: Mana
Range type: Ranged
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Middle
Released: 2010-06-01 (V1.0.0.86)
Last changed: V25.04
Price: 2,400 BE · 880 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	580	+101	2297
Health regen (per 5s)	6	+0.6	16.2
Mana	375	+28	851
Mana regen (per 5s)	8	+0.8	21.6
Armor	18	+4.7	97.9
Magic resist	30	+1.3	52.1
Attack damage	55	+3	106
Attack speed	0.625	+1.5%	0.784
Attack speed ratio	0.625
Attack range	500
Movement speed	335

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 600
Selection height: 302.7778
Selection radius: 120
Pathing radius: 35
Attack delay offset: -0.11
Basic attack missile speed: 2000

ARAM: damage dealt ×0.9 · damage taken ×1.1

Swiftplay: armor per level -0.5

URF: damage dealt ×0.92 · damage taken ×1.08

Abilities

Passive

Void Shift

Static cooldown: 30 / 24 / 18 / 12 (based on level)

Innate: Periodically, Malzahar gains Void Shift until he takes non- minion damage or negates a crowd control effect, to which it then lingers for 0.25 seconds before expiring. Void Shift: Malzahar gains crowd control immunity and reduces incoming damage from non-minions by 90%.

Void Shift's cooldown refreshes whenever Malzahar takes non- minion damage or is affected by a crowd control effect, and resets upon respawning.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: Self

Notes (9)

Void Shift will not resist allied crowd control nor will it be deactivated by them.
Void Shift will not mitigate true damage but the buff will still be consumed.
It does not deactivate against the Nexus Obelisk.
Shields will take priority over Void Shift, but the buff is always consumed, even if the shield fully mitigates the damage. (bug)
However, if Malzahar has a spell shield and is hit by an effect that isn't negated by the spell shield, then if the shield fully mitigates the damage, Void Shift will not be consumed.
Spell shields take priority over Void Shift for abilities that contain a crowd control effect.
Void Shift will specifically not deactivate if Malzahar eats Honeyfruit or is within a hostile Frozen Heart passive aura.
Void Shift does not prevent Zoe's Sleepy Trouble Bubble's trap drowsy. [1] (unexpected)
Void Shift is special cased to prevent Fizz's Chum the Waters, and Thresh's Death Sentence from attaching to Malzahar.

Call of the Void

Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 ManaCooldown: 6Cast time: 0.25Target range: 900Effect radius: 200

Active: Malzahar opens two portals to the void centered at the target location, granting sight of the area in between. After 0.4 seconds, enemies between the portals are dealt magic damage and silenced for a duration.

Magic Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+ 55% AP)
Silence Duration: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 seconds

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target location to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (2)

Spell shield will prevent Call of the Void's refresh on Malefic Visions.
Malefic Visions' debuff will also be removed.(unexpected)

Map-specific differences (1)

Deals 80% damage to minions (60% total).

Void Swarm

Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 ManaCooldown: 8Cast time: noneTarget range: 150

Passive: Malzahar generates a stack of Zz'Rot Swarm when he casts another ability, up to a maximum of 2.

Active: Malzahar consumes all Zz'Rot Swarm stacks and, after a 0.5-second delay, summons a Voidling at the target location. Additional Voidlings are then summoned for each Zz'Rot Swarm stack consumed, with each Voidling being summoned 0.5 seconds after the previous one.

Voidling Duration: 8 / 8 / 9 / 9 / 10 seconds

Voidlings deal magic damage with their attacks, reduced by 50% against epic monsters and increased by 200% to enemy minions infected by Malefic Visions.

Magic Damage: 5 – 64.5 (based on level) (+ 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20) (+ 40% bonus AD) (+ 20% AP)
Minion Damage: 15 – 193.5 (based on level) (+ 36 / 42 / 48 / 54 / 60) (+ 120% bonus AD) (+ 60% AP)

See Pets for more details about Voidlings.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (clamped)Affects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: Magic

Notes (2)

Malzahar loses all stacks upon death.
Zz'Rot Swarm stacks are gained per cast and not per ability activation. For example, if Malefic Visions is cast and the ability cancels under certain circumstances, a Zz'Rot Swarm stack will still be granted despite the ability's failure to complete.

Map-specific differences (3)

Voidling AP ratio changed to 15% AP.
Deals 80% damage to minions (60% total).
Voidling bonus AD ratio changed to 60% bonus AD.

Malefic Visions

Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 ManaCooldown: 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7Cast time: 0.25Target range: 650Effect radius: 500

Active: Malzahar infects the target enemy's mind, dealing magic damage every 0.25 seconds over 4 seconds, which refreshes upon damaging them with Call of the Void or Nether Grasp. Malefic Visions executes minions if they would be damaged below 10 – 30 (based on level) health.

Total Magic Damage: 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 80% AP)
Magic Damage Per Tick: 5 / 7.1875 / 9.375 / 11.5625 / 13.75 (+ 5% AP)

If the target dies while infected, they spread Malefic Visions onto the closest nearby enemy and Malzahar restores 2% of his maximum mana.

Targeting input: UnitTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target unit to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: MagicMinion Aggro: DrawnSpell shield: BlockedProjectile: Not Blocked

Notes (3)

Malefic Visions deals persistent damage, additionally tagged as indirect damage, and applies spell effects.
Malefic Vision's cast is special cased to not be cancelled if the target becomes untargetable, dies, or is too far away or no longer in sight during the cast time.
The debuff is not applied if the target is untargetable by the time the cast completes.

Nether Grasp

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 140 / 110 / 80Cast time: 0.005Target range: 700Tether radius: 1250

Active: Malzahar tethers to the target enemy champion, knocking them down. He then channels for up to 2.5 seconds, suppressing and revealing the target and dealing them magic damage every 0.25 seconds, revealing himself in the process.

Total Magic Damage: 125 / 200 / 275 (+ 80% AP)
Magic Damage Per Tick: 12.5 / 20 / 27.5 (+ 8% AP)

Malzahar will continue to channel as long as the tether is not broken, even if the suppression is removed.

Additionally, a Null Zone is opened beneath the target's location at the time of cast that lasts 5 seconds, dealing magic damage every 0.5 seconds to enemies within, capped at 120 per tick against minions and monsters.

Total Magic Damage: 10 / 15 / 20% (+ 2.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health
Magic Damage Per Tick: 1 / 1.5 / 2% (+ 0.25% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health

Null Zone will persist even if the channel is interrupted.

Notes (14)

Applies persistent damage for the tether, and persistent area damage additionally tagged as indirect to enemies within the Null Zone.
Spell shield prevents both the tether and the Null Zone from appearing, however Malzahar will continue to channel. [2]
The tether will not break if the target enters a zombie state or enters resurrection.
As long as the target is within the tether radius, they will take the full tether damage over 2.5 seconds even if they are not tethered due to the tether being broken early into the channel.(bug)
This occurs regardless of how the tether was broken.
If the target exits tether range they will stop taking damage, but can be damaged again by the remaining ticks if they re-enter the tether range within the duration.
Removing the suppression will also remove the reveal.
Malzahar places himself onto the ground and interrupts displacements affecting him upon starting the channel.
If a target is currently being affected by Malefic Visions, casting Nether Grasp on them will grant 2 stacks toward effects such as Electrocute.(bug)
This is, correctly, not the case if Nether Grasp is cast before Malefic Visions.
The following table refers for interactions while Malzahar is channeling:
The channel will be interrupted if the tether is broken.
Death
Cast-inhibiting effects

Map-specific differences (2)

Beam AP ratio changed to 60% AP.
Null Zone deals 80% damage to minions (60% total).

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.

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Where it thrives (5-comp fit)

Catchnatural · 70%

Attackworkable · 30%

Siegeworkable · 30%

Malzahar creates the picks that turn games into 4v5s. Enough Attack and Siege sits in the kit to fight front-to-back when the enemy forces it. Passive (Void Shift) periodically grants CC immunity + 90% damage reduction until broken by non-minion damage or CC, cooldown scaling 30s to 12s.

Kit quirks

Passive (Void Shift) periodically grants CC immunity + 90% damage reduction until broken by non-minion damage or CC, cooldown scaling 30s to 12s

R (Nether Grasp) is an uninterruptible suppression channel that also creates a 'Null Zone' dealing percent-health magic damage

E (Malefic Visions) spreads to nearby enemies on target death and executes low-HP minions, refreshing duration on Q/R hits

Champion reference

Base stats and every ability with its per-rank values and ratios. Search all champions →

Malzahar — The Prophet of the Void

Class: Battlemage
Resource: Mana
Range type: Ranged
Adaptive type: Magic
Positions: Middle
Released: 2010-06-01 (V1.0.0.86)
Last changed: V25.04
Price: 2,400 BE · 880 RP

Damage

Toughness

Control

Mobility

Utility

Difficulty

Base stats

Stat	Base	Per level	Level 18
Health	580	+101	2297
Health regen (per 5s)	6	+0.6	16.2
Mana	375	+28	851
Mana regen (per 5s)	8	+0.8	21.6
Armor	18	+4.7	97.9
Magic resist	30	+1.3	52.1
Attack damage	55	+3	106
Attack speed	0.625	+1.5%	0.784
Attack speed ratio	0.625
Attack range	500
Movement speed	335

Level 18 uses League's growth curve (base + 17 × per-level); attack speed grows as bonus % scaled by the attack speed ratio.

Advanced stats & game-mode balance

Acquisition radius: 600
Selection height: 302.7778
Selection radius: 120
Pathing radius: 35
Attack delay offset: -0.11
Basic attack missile speed: 2000

ARAM: damage dealt ×0.9 · damage taken ×1.1

Swiftplay: armor per level -0.5

URF: damage dealt ×0.92 · damage taken ×1.08

Abilities

Passive

Void Shift

Static cooldown: 30 / 24 / 18 / 12 (based on level)

Void Shift's cooldown refreshes whenever Malzahar takes non- minion damage or is affected by a crowd control effect, and resets upon respawning.

Targeting input: PassiveAffects: Self

Notes (9)

Void Shift will not resist allied crowd control nor will it be deactivated by them.
Void Shift will not mitigate true damage but the buff will still be consumed.
It does not deactivate against the Nexus Obelisk.
Shields will take priority over Void Shift, but the buff is always consumed, even if the shield fully mitigates the damage. (bug)
However, if Malzahar has a spell shield and is hit by an effect that isn't negated by the spell shield, then if the shield fully mitigates the damage, Void Shift will not be consumed.
Spell shields take priority over Void Shift for abilities that contain a crowd control effect.
Void Shift will specifically not deactivate if Malzahar eats Honeyfruit or is within a hostile Frozen Heart passive aura.
Void Shift does not prevent Zoe's Sleepy Trouble Bubble's trap drowsy. [1] (unexpected)
Void Shift is special cased to prevent Fizz's Chum the Waters, and Thresh's Death Sentence from attaching to Malzahar.

Call of the Void

Cost: 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 ManaCooldown: 6Cast time: 0.25Target range: 900Effect radius: 200

Magic Damage: 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 (+ 55% AP)
Silence Duration: 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 seconds

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Walk in range of the target location to castAffects: EnemiesDamage type: Area damageDamage sub-types: MagicSpell shield: Blocked

Notes (2)

Spell shield will prevent Call of the Void's refresh on Malefic Visions.
Malefic Visions' debuff will also be removed.(unexpected)

Map-specific differences (1)

Deals 80% damage to minions (60% total).

Void Swarm

Cost: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 ManaCooldown: 8Cast time: noneTarget range: 150

Passive: Malzahar generates a stack of Zz'Rot Swarm when he casts another ability, up to a maximum of 2.

Voidling Duration: 8 / 8 / 9 / 9 / 10 seconds

Voidlings deal magic damage with their attacks, reduced by 50% against epic monsters and increased by 200% to enemy minions infected by Malefic Visions.

Magic Damage: 5 – 64.5 (based on level) (+ 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20) (+ 40% bonus AD) (+ 20% AP)
Minion Damage: 15 – 193.5 (based on level) (+ 36 / 42 / 48 / 54 / 60) (+ 120% bonus AD) (+ 60% AP)

See Pets for more details about Voidlings.

Targeting input: LocationTarget out-of-range override: Target at maximum range (clamped)Affects: EnemiesDamage type: See NotesDamage sub-types: Magic

Notes (2)

Malzahar loses all stacks upon death.
Zz'Rot Swarm stacks are gained per cast and not per ability activation. For example, if Malefic Visions is cast and the ability cancels under certain circumstances, a Zz'Rot Swarm stack will still be granted despite the ability's failure to complete.

Map-specific differences (3)

Voidling AP ratio changed to 15% AP.
Deals 80% damage to minions (60% total).
Voidling bonus AD ratio changed to 60% bonus AD.

Malefic Visions

Cost: 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 ManaCooldown: 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7Cast time: 0.25Target range: 650Effect radius: 500

Total Magic Damage: 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 80% AP)
Magic Damage Per Tick: 5 / 7.1875 / 9.375 / 11.5625 / 13.75 (+ 5% AP)

If the target dies while infected, they spread Malefic Visions onto the closest nearby enemy and Malzahar restores 2% of his maximum mana.

Notes (3)

Malefic Visions deals persistent damage, additionally tagged as indirect damage, and applies spell effects.
Malefic Vision's cast is special cased to not be cancelled if the target becomes untargetable, dies, or is too far away or no longer in sight during the cast time.
The debuff is not applied if the target is untargetable by the time the cast completes.

Nether Grasp

Cost: 100 ManaCooldown: 140 / 110 / 80Cast time: 0.005Target range: 700Tether radius: 1250

Total Magic Damage: 125 / 200 / 275 (+ 80% AP)
Magic Damage Per Tick: 12.5 / 20 / 27.5 (+ 8% AP)

Malzahar will continue to channel as long as the tether is not broken, even if the suppression is removed.

Total Magic Damage: 10 / 15 / 20% (+ 2.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health
Magic Damage Per Tick: 1 / 1.5 / 2% (+ 0.25% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health

Null Zone will persist even if the channel is interrupted.

Notes (14)

Applies persistent damage for the tether, and persistent area damage additionally tagged as indirect to enemies within the Null Zone.
Spell shield prevents both the tether and the Null Zone from appearing, however Malzahar will continue to channel. [2]
The tether will not break if the target enters a zombie state or enters resurrection.
As long as the target is within the tether radius, they will take the full tether damage over 2.5 seconds even if they are not tethered due to the tether being broken early into the channel.(bug)
This occurs regardless of how the tether was broken.
If the target exits tether range they will stop taking damage, but can be damaged again by the remaining ticks if they re-enter the tether range within the duration.
Removing the suppression will also remove the reveal.
Malzahar places himself onto the ground and interrupts displacements affecting him upon starting the channel.
If a target is currently being affected by Malefic Visions, casting Nether Grasp on them will grant 2 stacks toward effects such as Electrocute.(bug)
This is, correctly, not the case if Nether Grasp is cast before Malefic Visions.
The following table refers for interactions while Malzahar is channeling:
The channel will be interrupted if the tether is broken.
Death
Cast-inhibiting effects

Map-specific differences (2)

Beam AP ratio changed to 60% AP.
Null Zone deals 80% damage to minions (60% total).

Stats and abilities from the League of Legends Wiki (CC BY-SA 3.0), built for patch 26.22.