How to win lane as Malzahar against Akshan · 53.39% win rate over 2,019 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even with both champs just last-hitting and no kill pressure. |
| Level 2 | Akshan | Level 2 favors Akshan as his boomerang poke and grapple out-harass you. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 is skill-matched: his poke is real but your farm-safe play holds even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | Levels 4-5 stay even as you trade waveclear for his poke without a kill threat either way. |
| Level 6 | Malzahar | Level 6 favors Malzahar because Nether Grasp suppresses him out of his Heroic Swing engage. |
| First item | Malzahar | First item favors Malzahar as your push pins him and denies his revive roams. |
| Two+ items | Malzahar | 2+ items favor Malzahar since every swing-in feeds your suppress in fights and sidelane. |
Level 1 is even, but at Level 2 Akshan pulls ahead as his boomerang poke and grapple mobility let him harass you while dodging your Q line.
The full Malzahar vs Akshan report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.
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