Malzahar is a powerful battlemage champion in League of Legends who harnesses void magic to control the battlefield. His unique kit revolves around damage-over-time abilities and summoning voidlings to fight alongside him.

Core Abilities:

Passive - Void Shift

• Gains a protective shield that provides crowd control immunity and 90% damage reduction
• Shield activates after not taking damage for a period
• Shield breaks upon taking champion or monster damage

Q - Call of the Void

• Creates two portals that deal magic damage and silence enemies caught between them
• Primary waveclear and crowd control tool
• 6 second cooldown

W - Void Swarm

• Summons voidling minions that attack nearby enemies
• Gains stacks from casting other abilities to summon additional voidlings
• Voidlings deal bonus damage to targets affected by Malefic Visions

E - Malefic Visions

• Applies damage over time that spreads to nearby enemies when the target dies
• Restores mana when targets die while affected
• Can be refreshed by other abilities

R - Nether Grasp

• Suppresses a target champion while channeling damage
• Creates a zone underneath that deals percent health damage
• Primary single target lockdown tool

Key Strategies:

• Use E to farm efficiently and spread damage in teamfights
• Time passive shield to absorb key abilities
• Combo abilities to maximize voidling damage
• Lock down priority targets with ultimate

Malzahar excels at pushing lanes and controlling objectives while having strong pick potential with his ultimate. His biggest weakness is vulnerability when his passive is down.

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