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Illaoi vs Malzahar

Illaoi
vs
38.3%

over 167 games

Malzahar
Analyze a draft with Illaoi

Hard matchup

Heavy CCHeavy AP damageCountered by stasisHigh burst

You are stronger early. Look to snowball before your opponent scales.

Build vs Malzahar

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Illaoi: Black Cleaver, Spirit Visage, Iceborn Gauntlet, Mercury's Treads, Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, Kaenic Rookern, Death's Dance.

Starting items

Doran's Shield
Health Potion

Core build

Black Cleaver
1
Spirit Visage
2
Iceborn Gauntlet
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Sterak's Gage
5

Summoner spells

FlashTeleport55%
ExhaustFlash22%

Other options

Sterak's Gage
Sundered Sky
Kaenic Rookern
Death's Dance
Quicksilver Sash
Maw of Malmortius
Hullbreaker
Force of Nature
Randuin's Omen
Thornmail
Stridebreaker
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Mercurial Scimitar
Zeke's Convergence
Spear of Shojin
Bramble Vest
Trinity Force
Tear of the Goddess
Fimbulwinter
Voltaic Cyclosword
28.6% WR7 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
DemolishDemolish
Bone PlatingBone Plating
OvergrowthOvergrowth
PrecisionPrecision
Presence of MindPresence of Mind
Last StandLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Malzahar's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Void Shift (P)

When he hasn't recently taken damage or been crowd controlled, Malzahar gains massive damage reduction and crowd control immunity, lingering for a short period after taking damage.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
36s8s11s–
66s8s11s2m20
96s8s11s2m20
116s8s11s1m50
166s8s9s1m20
186s8s7s1m20

Playing as Illaoi

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Fight near walls

    Fight near walls: Prophet of an Elder God (passive) spawns your tentacles there, and each tentacle that hits a champion heals you.

  2. Hit the spirit you pulled

    After Test of Spirit (E), attack the spirit: it echoes part of its damage to its owner, and if it dies, the enemy is slowed and marked for your tentacles.

  3. Ult after the engage

    Cast Leap of Faith (R) in the middle of several enemies, after their engage or your team's: one tentacle spawns per champion hit, untargetable while it lasts.

  4. Recast W during your ult

    During Leap of Faith (R), recast Harsh Lesson (W) as soon as it's back: its cooldown is reduced, and each hit makes every nearby tentacle slam.

Playing against Malzahar

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Get out of his portals

    Get out of the Call of the Void (Q) zone quickly: its two portals fire after a short delay, and their projectiles silence you.

  2. Break his Void Shift first

    If you have CC, hit him first with a cheap attack, then wait a moment: Void Shift (passive) still ignores CC right after the first damage.

  3. Avoid minions hit by his Visions

    Stay away from minions hit by Malefic Visions (E): if they die, the visions jump to the nearest enemy, and his Voidlings follow them.

  4. Trade before he hits 6

    Take your trades before he hits level 6: after that, Nether Grasp (R) can lock you down from range while his team hits you.

  5. Focus him during his Grasp

    When he casts Nether Grasp (R) on an ally, focus him: he channels in place, and any CC interrupts him and frees your ally.

Other Illaoi matchups

Patch 16.21.1