Malzahar: LoL Arena Champion | ArenaSweats Wiki

This article covers how Malzahar plays in League of Legends Arena: interactions, bugs and patch changes. Builds and statistics are on Malzahar's ArenaSweats Pages build.

Overview

Arena changes

W: Voidling bonus AD ratio changed to 60% bonus AD.²

ArenaSweats stats

2026 Season 3 Act 2, all regions

ArenaSweats tierDiamond

Top 3 %: 49.9%
Avg place: 3.51
Pick %: 9.81%
Ban %: 6.64%
Games: 178,124

Most picked augments

Full stats on ArenaSweats PagesFrom ranked Arena games tracked by ArenaSweats, updated 5 Nov 2026.

Tips

Flesheater is good on damage-over-time champions such as Malzahar.³

Interactions

Malzahar's Voidlings can last-hit the large plant and take it for themselves rather than for Malzahar.⁴

Jeweled Gauntlet can make Malzahar's E and ultimate damage over time critically strike.⁵⁶⁷

Against Time Stop, Malzahar's Nether Grasp does not suppress, but its tether still applies.⁸ Patch unknown

Bugs

Jeweled Gauntlet and Hamstring do not trigger Hamstring's burn on Malzahar's spells.⁹

History

Since patch 26.21, Void Swarm can store up to 6 Voidling charges.¹⁰

In the eight-teams-of-two format, Malzahar's Void Swarm Voidling bonus AD ratio was 60% bonus AD.²¹¹ Earlier Arena format

Riot patch notes that name Malzahar, newest first

Patch	Date	Changes
26.21	20 Oct 2026	W - Void Swarm Maximum Voidling Charges: Can now store up to 6 charges.¹⁰

Earlier formats

In patch 14.11, Mordekaiser's ultimate consumed Malzahar's passive shield when cast on him.¹² 8x2 duos
An AP Malzahar build with Jeweled Gauntlet, Vulnerability, Divine Sunderer, Shadowflame, Liandry's and Rabadon's made damage-over-time effects critically strike.¹³ 8x2 duos
Flesheater paired with Malzahar's damage-over-time abilities to build stacks on enemies.¹⁴¹⁵ 8x2 duos

Malzahar's Voidlings might have a decent AD scaling.¹⁶ 8x2 duos

Sources

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Additional effects over the crowd control will not be prevented (e.g. Malzahar's Nether Grasp will not suppress but the tether still applies).
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Malzahar W - Void Swarm Maximum Voidling Charges: Can now store up to 6 charges.
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Malzahar | Void Swarm Voidling bonus AD ratio changed to 60% bonus AD.
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Fixed an issue where if Mordekaiser would cast his R on Malzahar while he has his passive shield would not consume the shield.
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