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Everything for Malzahar Mid on patch 16.11, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Malzahar's win conditions.
Malzahar is an AP mage in the mid, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 52.0% win rate, 6.6% pick rate, 76,804 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Malzahar holds a fairly even power curve, staying relevant at every stage rather than relying on a single timing.
How Malzahar wins: winning the wave and turning push priority into map control, and grouped 5-v-5 teamfights, where Malzahar tips the fight. The kit grades 9/10 waveclear, 7/10 teamfighting. Play around where Malzahar is thin, disengage and mobility (3/10, 1/10), and the enemy loses their angle.
The most-played core build is Blackfire Torch, Liandry's Torment, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, which holds a 55.0% win rate across 10,647 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Sion, where Malzahar sits at just 40.3%, the lane swings the other way into Pantheon (60.1%), and on the team side, Malzahar gains the most from a Tahm Kench (+12.6% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Malzahar Mid this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
The picks Malzahar Mid struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Who Malzahar Mid wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Malzahar's win rate this patch.
Best Top partners for Malzahar
Best Jungle partners for Malzahar
Best ADC partners for MalzaharMalzahar is also played in these other roles this patch.
Drafting a whole team? The Team Builder coaches all 10 picks at once. Want Malzahar's current standing? Open the Tier List.
