Heavyweight Malzahar
Primary
Tier
3-Cost Reroll
1-Cost Reroll
2-Cost Reroll
3-Cost Reroll
Fast 8
Fast 9
1 & 2-Cost Reroll
1 & 3-Cost Reroll
2 & 3-Cost Reroll
9
132
Main
▾
Traits
1
Fusion Dance
1
1
Noxious Trap
1
6
Heavyweight
2 > 4 > 6
2
Prodigy
2 > 3 > 4 > 5
2
Star Guardian
2 > 3 > 4 > 5 > 6 > 7 > 8 > 8 > 9 > 9 > 10 > 10
2
Supreme Cells
2 > 3 > 4
2
Wraith
2 > 4 > 6
1
Mentor
1 > 2 > 4
1
Battle Academia
3 > 5 > 7 > 7
1
Executioner
2 > 3 > 4 > 5
1
Juggernaut
2 > 4 > 6
1
Mighty Mech
3 > 5 > 7 > 7
1
1
6
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Tips & Tricks
- Malzahar mainly wants Blue Buff or Nashor’s + AP and Noxious Trap as his Power Up.
- With Double Trouble, Unending Despair is quite a good artifact (roughly +2 tiers) on Rammus.
- Fusion Dance is back in Patch 15.9. Try it out on Darius over Rocket Grab if you have a good unit to sacrifice with several copies of ideally Warmogs, Deathblade, and Steraks. Sword and Belt overflow are mainly for if you have Fusion Dance on Darius.
Strong Conditions
+3 Tier Conditions A → OP
Double Trouble+2 Tier Conditions A → S+
Blighting Jewel
Manazane
Spectral Cutlass
Titanic Hydra
Belt Overflow
Deadlier Caps
Sword Overflow+1 Tier Conditions A → S
Dawncore
Heavyweight Emblem
Prowler’s Claw
Wraith Emblem
Zhonya’s Paradox
Cooking Pot
Heroic Grab BagHeroic Grab Bag+Heroic Grab Bag++
Rigged Shop+
Team BuildingOpeners
Heavyweight Prodigy
Aatrox
Zac
Kobuko
DariusMalzahar
4
2
1
Malzahar
Darius
Jayce
Kobuko
Wraith
Prodigy
Malzahar
3
3
Noxious Trap
Magic Expert
Fairy Tail
Current
Best-in-Slot
Alt Build 1
Alt Build 2
Alt Build 3
Alt Build 4
Alt Build 5
Insidious Whispers
Grand Guillotine
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Thundering Hammerstrike
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Golden Paw Mantra
)Economy Strategy
- Level to 4 if strong.
- Level to 5, unless on 3 loss streak.
- Level to 6, unless it places you below 30g.
- Stay level 6, unless you can stay above 50g on 7 or you are below 40 HP and can stay above 30g on 7.
- Level to 7, roll until board mostly upgraded. Never go below 10g even if missing tank or carry.
- Build up to 50g, slow roll to 50g until 5-1.
- If below ~25 HP, sometimes you must roll until you hit here. Not ideal.
- Roll until you hit 3-star carry and tank. Can go to 0g. Only greed gold if you are above ~60 HP.
- If you hit, you can level to 8. Otherwise stay 7. Holds true for every round for the rest of the game.
why Void with noxios Trap
prob cause greater shred + mana regen, same reason poppy has utility items
if you have shred or burn or both on malzahar then its probably better to go for one of the other 2 powerups shown aka magic expert or fairy tail
It’s performing pretty well in plat+ (4.29 avg 11.3% wr) maybe enough for a little push up the tierlist?
honestly solar breath on malzahar is awesome
Agreeed its really good
Isn’t Rammus better emblem holder than K’sante since you will be rolling for 3 cost anyways?
idk i dont think this comp can compete today, hit jewel and bis darius with fusion went 8th
Agreed, updated.
Pretty sure mage is better than storm here
Mage Malzahar is bugged to auto attack between the double casts, which is completely wasted time, and thus is not considered that good of a fruit even though it should synergize with his ability.
If you go Fusion Dance on Darius which unit should you absorb? Jayce and put items on other units or on one of the smaller unitemized units like Aatrox or Zac?
Gunblade feels really bad with Blighting Jewel on this version, better to have Void/Deathcap/JG/AA some AP item or Shred
Meant to update when I updated for other artifacts as I agree, but looking at the stats again it looks like Gunblade is completely fine (which I agree doesn’t make much sense given the frontline is Heavyweights). Still putting the best build there (Rabadons + Void), but if you need to go Gunblade it looks fine.
They really have to fix fusion dance. After a combat my darius changes his target and i have to remember to reposition otherwise my poppy dies.
i am not sore about this yummi,its mostly an expensive trait bot,couse se basicly dose no dmg
hard agree yuumi does next to nothing
Comp feels very rough in emerald even with 3 star Malz 3 items. Malz and Darius are super contested. Maybe if you can itemize malz + dar + a tank before mid stage 4.
This comp + Deadlier Caps = SSS+
Just had a game with trainer golem. Finished 6 heavyweight. 5 Prod. 4 wraith. Still got 2nd to crystal gamba *sigh*
should add hefty rolls to this as a condition maybe
Itemizing Yuumi has felt useless so far, prio is Malz and Darius items + tank Poppy, also if Malz has Morello is sunfire Poppy really necessary?
Darius feels so useless even with BIS and Fusion dance. IDK maybe im bad xD
From my experience he gets stuck on tanks and does nothing, then I lose.
Just curious. Are we supposed to Fusion Dance consume Poppy based on this chart or Kobuko since its listed 3 star?
yes
Yes — eat kobuko
Just played, feels better to itemize for Varus, hard to get Darius resets without Supreme Cells boost