Akali vs Malzahar in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his ult is a suppression — Mercs, Cleanse and tenacity do nothing, so never get caught alone once he hits 6. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · MIDAKALIthe Rogue Assassin

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDMALZAHARthe Prophet of the Void

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 HardTake Ignite

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect his ult

Nether Grasp (R) is a suppression — Mercs, Cleanse and tenacity don't work on it, so don't get caught alone with it up.

Force him to walk up

Keep his shield down and whenever you force him to walk up that's your window to all-in — his ult cooldown is long early.

Kill his Voidlings

Kill his spawns the instant they appear — his Void Swarm (W) carries more of his waveclear than his E.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never rely on Mercs, Cleanse or tenacity to escape his ult — it's a suppression; have your team CC and cancel it instead.

Runes

DOMINATION

RESOLVEuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 48% WR - 1.5k games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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