How to win lane as Malzahar against Fizz · 48.44% win rate over 3,848 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is even; melee Fizz cannot punish you and you cannot punish his pool. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | At level 2 trades stay neutral with both of you focused on farming. |
| Level 3 | Even / skill | Level 3 pits your E waveclear against his W sustain, roughly even. |
| Levels 4-5 | Even / skill | At levels 4-5 neither commits pre-item; he holds E to dodge and you hold R. |
| Level 6 | Malzahar | At 6 your voidlings and passive shield soak his shark burst and R punishes a used E. |
| First item | Malzahar | At your first item defensive buys plus voidling peel let you survive his all-in and answer with suppression. |
| Two+ items | Even / skill | With two-plus items it is even, decided by whether he times E to dodge your R. |
Levels 1-4 are an even, patient standoff: neither of you can punish cleanly, so soak CS, respect his E untargetability, and never throw R while he can simply hop out of it.
The full Malzahar vs Fizz 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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