How to win lane as Ryze against Malzahar · 44.54% win rate over 2,252 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Malzahar | Malzahar's Malefic Visions and Voidlings shove and zone you off the wave at level 1. |
| Level 2 | Malzahar | At 2 his sustained push and Void Shield keep you pinned with no trade back. |
| Level 3 | Malzahar | Level 3 gives him full DoT pressure while your empty mana pool can't answer, so he leads. |
| Levels 4-5 | Malzahar | Through 4-5 the perma-shove denies your CS and roams, keeping him ahead. |
| Level 6 | Malzahar | At 6 Nether Grasp suppresses through your W and shield for a guaranteed gank, his biggest edge. |
| First item | Ryze | Your first mana item lets you match his shove and double-Q back, tipping the lane your way. |
| Two+ items | Ryze | With two items and QSS you break his ult and out-scale him, winning the 1v1 outright. |
This is one of your worst early lanes: Malzahar's Malefic Visions and Call of the Void let him perma-shove, and his Voidlings zone you off every minion you try to walk up for. You have no mana to fight back and his Void Shield passive eats your poke, so just farm what you safely can under tower. Do not step into the wave or you eat a full DoT stack.
The full Ryze vs Malzahar 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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