How to win lane as Malzahar against Fizz · 45.82% win rate (7,300 Emerald+ games, lolalytics, sampled July 2026) · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
His E dodges your R mid-channel — the one assassin your kit doesn't pre-answer. Bait the hop with Q threat BEFORE committing the suppression.
Track: Fizz's E — Playful / Trickster (16–8s cooldown). The untargetable hop dodges your whole combo — bait it before spending your burst.
Read from Malzahar's seat: which stage windows this plan plays for against Fizz.
This is Malzahar's own plan; across 7,300 pooled games the lane is leaning Fizz.
| 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 | Even / skill | 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. Track Playful / Trickster (E): 16s at rank 1, 8 at max — the untargetable hop dodges your whole combo, so bait it before spending burst and check it before every step-up.
Pooled Emerald+ win rates from Malzahar's side, sampled July 2026.
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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Fizz, slightly — Malzahar wins 45.82% of 7,300 games; winnable with the right plan.
Mostly — Fizz has a small statistical edge (54.18% win rate), but execution decides this lane far more than the pick does.
No — if anything Fizz has the slight edge (Malzahar wins 45.82%), though it stays close.
Malzahar takes Arcane Comet on the Sorcery tree with Manaflow Band, Transcendence and Scorch, and Inspiration secondary (Biscuit Delivery and Cosmic Insight) vs Fizz.
Start Doran's Ring + 2 Health Potions and back for Lost Chapter (≈1300g) — the shove engine completes. Build Liandry's Torment first, then Rylai's Crystal Scepter, with Sorcerer's Shoes / Mercury's Treads.
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