How to win lane as Vex against Malzahar · 54.62% win rate over 1,699 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27
| Stage | Favoured | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Vex | Level 1 favours Vex since Malzahar farms passively and eats free poke. |
| Level 2 | Vex | Level 2 stays Vex-favoured as your Gloom pokes chip his low-mobility frame. |
| Level 3 | Vex | Level 3 favours Vex with Gloom-Q out-ranging his silence and voidlings. |
| Levels 4-5 | Vex | Levels 4-5 favour Vex as you control the wave and poke tempo. |
| Level 6 | Vex | Level 6 is Vex-favoured because you can interrupt or QSS Nether Grasp then burst. |
| First item | Vex | First item favours Vex since Fear burst breaks Void Shift and kills him. |
| Two+ items | Vex | 2+ items is Vex-favoured as you one-shot him from range with QSS insurance. |
Levels 1-2 favour you: Malzahar is a passive farmer early, so use Gloom pokes and deny him free stacking while respecting his Call of the Void (Q) silence range.
The full Vex 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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