Sylas vs Malzahar in Mid lane is a hard lane on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: His R suppresses you — respect the channel, though you don't need QSS to fight it. 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 · MIDSYLASthe Unshackled

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDMALZAHARthe Prophet of the Void

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How to play it

✓ DO

Respect his R

His R suppresses you — play around the channel, but you don't actually need QSS here.

Break shield, steal ult

Break his shield with Q, then take his ult and use it at the same time to catch him off guard.

Q clears voidlings

Your Q one-shots his voidlings, so they're free to clear away.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never waste a QSS slot on this matchup — you don't need it to deal with his ult.

Runes

PRECISION

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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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

MAXW→E→Q

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