How to win lane as Malzahar against Annie · 54.17% win rate over 1,200 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even with both champs farming and no kill pressure. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even as neither has a committal threat yet. |
| Level 3 | Annie | Level 3 favors Annie once a charged Pyromania stun enables a lethal Q burst. |
| Levels 4-5 | Annie | Levels 4-5 favor Annie because her charged-stun combo zones and threatens you pre-6. |
| Level 6 | Malzahar | Level 6 favors Malzahar since Nether Grasp out-locks her single Tibbers engage. |
| First item | Malzahar | First item favors Malzahar as your permanent push pins her and out-farms her mana. |
| Two+ items | Malzahar | 2+ items favor Malzahar because your suppress and scaling beat her one-shot burst window. |
Levels 1-2 are even: neither of you has a kill threat yet, so last-hit safely and start tracking her passive stun stacks.
The full Malzahar vs Annie 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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