How to win lane as Veigar against Malzahar · 53.86% win rate over 3,162 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Malzahar | Malzahar shoves and his passive shield blanks your Q at level 1, so he controls the lane. |
| Level 2 | Malzahar | At 2 his E spread and Voidlings deepen the shove and keep you off your farm. |
| Level 3 | Malzahar | Level 3 his full Q-E-Voidling kit perma-pushes and punishes any step-up with a silence. |
| Levels 4-5 | Malzahar | Through 4-5 the shove and shield keep you pinned under tower with no way to answer. |
| Level 6 | Malzahar | At 6 his Nether Grasp suppress can flat-out kill an immobile Veigar with no counterplay. |
| First item | Even / skill | By first item Zhonya's makes it even: you can hourglass his ult and combo back. |
| Two+ items | Veigar | With two-plus items and hourglass up, your cage burst kills him through his DoT, so it's yours. |
Malzahar dominates levels 1-2: he shoves with Q and E while his passive shield eats your poke, so give up the stack pressure and just secure last-hits from safety.
The full Veigar 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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