How to win lane as Malzahar against Zoe · 58.12% win rate over 2,082 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Even / skill | Level 1 is an even farm start with neither champion able to commit a kill. |
| Level 2 | Even / skill | Level 2 stays even — Zoe pokes with Q but her sleep combo isn't online yet. |
| Level 3 | Zoe | At Level 3 Zoe's E-into-Q one-shot threat lets her win the lane on a single landed bubble, favouring her. |
| Levels 4-5 | Zoe | Through Levels 4-5 her burst combo and long-range poke keep the pressure on her side. |
| Level 6 | Malzahar | At Level 6 your R suppression and spell-shield passive hard-counter her mobility and her only combo, favouring you. |
| First item | Malzahar | With one item your E+W waveclear shoves her in and frees your roam against a lane-bound Zoe, favouring you. |
| Two+ items | Malzahar | With two-plus items your engage and voidling DPS overwhelm her single-pick poke in fights, favouring you. |
Levels 1-2 are an even farming start — Zoe can chip with Q but her combo isn't online, so secure creeps and hold Void Shift ready for her first bubble attempt.
The full Malzahar vs Zoe 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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