Current version[]

V14.9

• Stats
  • Selection radius increased to 120 units from 88.8889007568359.
• Call of the Void
  • Mana cost reduced to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 from 80 at all ranks.
• Malefic Visions
  • Cooldown reduced to 11 / 10 / 9 / 8 / 7 seconds from 15 / 13 / 11 / 9 / 7.
• Worldbreaker Malzahar
  • Nether Grasp
    • Bug Fix: Tether VFX now fires from his mouth as intended.

V13.19

• Malefic Visions
  • Bug Fix: Now properly spreads the debuff even if it was cast on a minion as it was dying.

V13.16

• Malefic Visions
  • Tick rate reduced to 1 per 0.25 seconds from 1 per 0.5.
  • Minion execute threshold reduced to 10 − 30 (based on level) health from 15 − 45 (based on level) health.

V13.9

• Malefic Visions
  • Bug Fix: Now properly spreads when it kills a minion.

V13.4

• Malefic Visions
  • Bug Fix: Now properly triggers Manaflow Band when it spreads to an enemy champion after having done so multiple times.

V12.22

• Stats
  • Mana growth increased to 28 from 27.5.

V12.21

• Malefic Visions
  • New Effect: Now executes minions below 15 − 45 (based on level) health.

V12.10

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 580 from 510.
  • Health growth increased to 101 from 87.
  • Armor growth increased to 4.7 from 3.5.
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.
• Void Shift
  • Bug Fix: Crowd control immunity is no longer consumed by Blast Cones triggered by allies.

V11.24

• Void Shift
  • Bug Fix: No longer is consumed or refreshed incorrectly under certain circumstances.

V11.19

• Void Shift
  • Bug Fix: Damage reduction no longer fails to reduce damage that subsequently triggered Night Harvester's Soulrend.

V11.14

• Stats
  • Base health reduced to 510 from 537.
• Call of the Void
  • AP ratio reduced to 55% AP from 65% AP.

V11.11

• Hextech Malzahar
  • Bug Fix: Hitting him triggers more metallic sounds.
• Worldbreaker Malzahar
  • Call of the Void
    • Bug Fix: Fixed an SFX bug where the initial portion of the ability couldn't be heard if he casts the ability from Fog of War.

V10.18

• General
  • Updated visual effects.
  • New basic attack missiles and hit effects.
• Void Shift
  • Reduced some of the noise from the shield. Made it a bit brighter to match other spell shields.
• Call of the Void
  • New quickcast indicator to better represent its actual hitbox. New missile and hit effects.
• Void Swarm
  • New spawn effects and basic attacks.
• Malefic Visions
  • New debuff effect and a beam effect when the debuff spreads to other enemies.
• Nether Grasp
  • New beam, hit, and AoE effects, including a more thematic pool.
• Snow Day Malzahar
  • Call of the Void
    • New snowball VFX.
• Battle Boss Malzahar
  • Call of the Void
    • Updated to rotate spaceships to better match hitbox.
• Hextech Malzahar
  • Call of the Void
    • Updated to show hitbox more clearly.
• Worldbreaker Malzahar
  • Call of the Void
    • Updated to show hitbox more clearly.

V10.15

• Void Swarm
  • Bug Fix: Voidlings now properly trigger Manaflow Band.

V10.11

• Malefic Visions
  • Bug Fix: Debuff now properly spreads onto the closest target even after killing zombie Sion during the ability's effect.

V9.23

• Void Swarm
  • Gathering Swarm stacks renamed to Zz'Rot Swarm.

V9.16

• Nether Grasp
  • Bug Fix: Now adds a revealed marker to the target, including stealthed targets.

V9.7

• Snow Day Malzahar
  • Bug Fix: Buffs aura now properly follow the model during certain animations.

V9.6

• Voidlings
  • New Effect: Now triggers effects that are triggered by pets (i.e. on-ability-hit effects). It is also classified as basic attacks.

V8.9

• Stats
  • Base mana increased to 375 from 300.
  • Mana growth reduced to 27.5 from 55.
  • Base mana regeneration increased to 8 from 6.
• Call of the Void
  • Bug Fix: VFX no longer flicker.

V8.8

• Battle Boss Malzahar
  • Bug Fix: Recall VFX have been restored.

V8.2

• Call of the Void
  • AP ratio reduced to 65% AP from 80% AP.
• Malefic Visions
  • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
• Nether Grasp
  • Cooldown increased to 140 / 110 / 80 seconds from 120 / 100 / 80.
  • New Effect: Now draws nearby minion aggro when targeting an enemy champion.
• Battle Boss Malzahar
  • Void Swarm
    • Bug Fix: SFX have been toned down and are now less noisy.
  • Malefic Visions
    • Bug Fix: SFX have been toned down and are now less noisy.

V7.24

• Nether Grasp
  • Base damage reduced to 125 / 200 / 275 from 125 / 225 / 325.
  • AP ratio reduced to 80% AP from 110% AP.

V7.22

• Stats
  • Base health increased to 537 from 525.
  • Health growth increased to 87 from 75.

V7.19

• Void Swarm
  • Bug Fix: Voidlings are no longer missing attack on-hit VFX.

V7.17

• Void Shift
  • Bug Fix: Now correctly blocks Fizz's Chum the Waters.
• Battle Boss Malzahar
  • Bug Fix: Auto attack animation is no longer faster than his base model's.

V7.15

• Void Shift
  • Bug Fix: Purple overlay no longer hides Malzahar's skins when Void Shift is active.

V7.12

• Call of the Void
  • Base damage reduced to 70 / 105 / 140 / 175 / 210 from 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230.
• Nether Grasp
  • Beam base damage reduced to 125 / 225 / 325 from 125 / 250 / 375.
  • Beam AP ratio reduced to 110% AP from 115% AP.
  • Bug Fix: Quicksilver Sash and Mercurial Scimitar now properly purge only the suppression portion of Nether Grasp. Beam damage will continue to tick as long as Malzahar's target stays within a 1250-range.

V7.11

• Call of the Void
  • Cast time reduced to 0.25 seconds from 0.5.
  • New Effect: Now has a 0.4-seconds post-cast delay before firing.
  • AP ratio increased to 80% AP from 70% AP.
• Void Swarm
  • Mana cost increased to 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 from 40 at all ranks.
  • Removed: Charge system. Now has a standard cooldown.
  • Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds at all ranks from 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16.
  • New Effect: Malzahar gains a stack of Gathering Swarm when he casts another ability, up to a maximum of 2 stacks. Malzahar summons a Voidling, plus an additional Voidling per stack of Gathering Swarm, up to a maximum of 3 Voidlings per cast.
  • Removed: Voidlings are no longer able to spawn additional Voidling.
  • Cast range reduced to 150 from 450.
  • Removed: Voidlings killed increasing the minion killed stat.
  • Voidlings stats:
    • Attack damage dealt changed to 5 − 64.5 (based on level) at all ranks from 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 (+ 40% bonus AD).
    • Bonus magic damage dealt changed to 12 / 14 / 16 / 18 / 20 (+ 40% bonus AD) (+ 20% AP) from 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 20% AP).
    • Attack speed growth increased to 2% from 0%.
      • Attack speed increased to 0.665 − 0.891 (based on level) from 0.665 at all levels.
    • Both attack's components deal magic damage from attack damage dealt as physical damage and bonus damage dealt as magic damage.
    • Duration reduced to 8 / 8 / 9 / 9 / 10 seconds from 12 at all ranks.
    • Health increased to 65 − 201 (based on level) from 3 (with modified damage).
    • Armor changed to 16 − 50 (based on level) from 30 at all levels.
    • Magic resistance reduced to 8 − 25 (based on level) from 50 at all levels.
    • New Effect: Champions' and turrets' basic attacks will instantly kill Voidlings. All other damage will be reduced by armor and magic resistance normally.
    • Gold reward reduced to 2 from 5.
    • Movement speed reduced to 400 from 451.
    • Removed: Gaining 100% bonus movement speed when running toward priority targets.
    • Removed: Movement speed reduced by distance from Malzahar.
    • Removed: Dealing 50% reduced damage to monsters.
    • New Effect: Now deals 50% reduced damage to epic monsters.
• Malefic Visions
  • AP ratio increased to 80% AP from 70% AP.
• Nether Grasp
  • New Effect: The beam attack to the main target now deals 125 / 250 / 375 (+ 115% AP) over the duration.
  • Target's maximum health ratio reduced to 10 / 15 / 20% of target's maximum health from 25 / 35 / 45% of target's maximum health.
  • Target's maximum health AP ratio reduced to 2.5% per 100 AP from 7.5% per 100 AP.

V7.9

• Stats
  • Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.

V7.8

• Stats
  • Base armor reduced to 18 from 20.
• Void Swarm
  • Voidling health reduced to 2 from 3.
  • Voidling bounty reduced to 5 from 10.

V7.7

• Void Swarm
  • Bug Fix: Lifesteal no longer applies when hitting voidlings.

V7.3

• Void Swarm
  • New Effect: Voidlings now spawn 0.35 seconds after cast.
  • New Effect: Now has a 1 second cooldown between 2 casts.
  • New Effect: Past 600 distance, Voidlings move 10% more slowly for every 100 additional distance farther they are from Malzahar.

V6.24

• Void Swarm
  • Bug Fix: Voidlings now properly take damage from several damage types that weren't working properly.

V6.23

• Void Swarm
  • Mana cost reduced to 40 from 80.
  • New Effect: Now utilizes a stock system and holds up to two charges. Current cooldown is now the recharge time.
  • Voidling health changed to 3 from their current value (which was presumably 200 + (50 × level)).
  • Physical damage changed to 30 / 35 / 40 / 45 / 50 (+ 40% bonus AD) from 30 / 32.5 / 35 / 37.5 / 40% AD.
  • AP ratio increased to 20% AP from 10% AP.
  • Voidlings having the ability to spawn other Voidlings after W cast reduced to 3 seconds from 8.
  • Removed: Spawn an additional Voidling if a Voidling assists in killing a unit.
  • New Effect: 200% bonus damage to minions affected by Malefic Visions.
  • Removed: 200% bonus damage to minions below 20% health.
  • Removed: 50% bonus attack speed when the swarm has at least 3 Voidlings.
  • New Effect: Voidlings now only gain bonus movement speed toward priority targets if they're within 600 units of Malzahar.

V6.15

• Void Shift
  • Cooldown increased to 30 / 24 / 18 / 12 (based on level) seconds from 30 / 18 / 10 / 6 (based on level).
  • Linger after taking damage or blocking a crowd control effect reduced to 0.25 seconds from 1.

V6.14

• Stats
  • Movement speed reduced to 335 from 340.
  • Attack range reduced to 500 from 550.

V6.11

• Malefic Visions
  • Bug Fix: Voidlings no longer get confused if a target afflicted by Malefic Visions enters brush.

V6.10

• Void Shift
  • Cooldown changed to to 30 / 18 / 10 / 6 (based on level) seconds from 23 − 6 (based on level).
  • Cooldown indicator is now also shown on buff bar.
  • Bug Fix: Frozen Heart's aura no longer pops it.

May 9th Hotfix

• Call of the Void
  • Mana cost increased to 80 at all ranks from 60.
• Void Swarm
  • Mana cost increased to 80 from 60.
  • Damage versus monsters reduced to 50% from 75.
• Nether Grasp
  • Base damage reduced to 5 / 7 / 9% of target's maximum health from 6 / 8 / 10.

V6.9

• General
  • New splash artwork for Original Malzahar.
  • New ability icons
• Void Shift - New Innate
  • If Malzahar has not taken damage nor been affected by crowd control in the last 23 − 6 (based on level) seconds, he phases out, which lingers for 1 second after taking damage or blocking a crowd control effect. While phased out, Malzahar is immune to crowd control effects and takes 90% reduced damage. Damage from minions does not interact with Void Shift.
• Call of the Void
  • Base damage reduced to 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 from 80 / 135 / 190 / 245 / 300.
  • AP ratio reduced to (+ 70% AP) from (+ 80% AP)
  • Silence duration reduced to 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 seconds from 1.4 / 1.8 / 2.2 / 2.6 / 3.
  • Cooldown reduced to 6 seconds from 9.
  • Mana cost reduced to 60 at all ranks from 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100.
• Void Swarm - New W
  • Malzahar spawns a Voidling at the target location, which lasts for 12 seconds. The first time a Voidling attacks a champion or large monster, or assists in killing a unit, Malzahar will spawn an additional Voidling with the same remaining duration that can in turn spawn an additional Voidling. This cannot happen if there is less than 4 seconds remaining. When three or more Voidling are active, they all gain 50% bonus attack speed.
  • Voidlings deal 30 / 32.5 / 35 / 37.5 / 40% AD physical damage plus 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 10% AP) bonus magic damage. The damage is reduced to 75% against monsters, and increased to 300% against minions below 25% of their maximum health.
  • Voidlings will gain 100% bonus movement speed toward priority targets (denoted with †)
  • Attack priority
    1. Target of Nether Grasp †
    2. Enemy champions affected by Null Zone †
    3. Enemies affected by Malefic Visions (prioritizing champions over minions) †
    4. Nearest target
    • Removed: Malzahar's autoattack target priority
  • Removed: Leash range
  • Cost: 60 mana
  • Cooldown: 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16 seconds
  • Range: 450
• Malefic Visions
  • Base damage reduced 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 from 80 / 140 / 200 / 260 / 320.
  • AP ratio reduced to (+ 70% AP) from (+ 80% AP)
  • Mana cost reduced to 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 / 100 from 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120.
  • Refund changed to 2% maximum Mana from 10 / 14 / 18 / 22 / 26.
  • New Effect: Damaging a target with Call of the Void or Nether Grasp will refresh the duration of Malefic Visions.
• Nether Grasp
  • New Effect: A Null Zone is created on the floor beneath Malzahar's target, which lingers for 5 seconds.
  • Removed: 250 / 400 / 550 (+ 130% AP) damage
  • New Effect: Malzahar's target and all those in the Null Zone are damaged for 6 / 8 / 10% (+ 1.5% per 100 AP) of target's maximum health each second.

Release version[]

V6.2

• Call of the Void
  • Bug Fix: Vision is now properly granted along the entire path and enemies hit on the edge of their hitboxes are now properly revealed.

V5.24

• Null Zone
  • Base damage reduced to 4 / 4.5 / 5 / 5.5 / 6% of target's maximum health from 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8.

V4.21

• General
  • Texture update to Classic, Vizier, Shadow Prince, Djinn, Overlord, and all respective Voidlings.

V4.8

• Nether Grasp
  • Mana cost reduced to 100 from 150

V4.5

• Stats
  • Armor increased to 16 from 12.
• Summon Voidling
  • New attack priority order
    1. Target of Nether Grasp
    2. New: Nearest champion affected by Malefic Visions
    3. Nearest non-champion affected by Malefic Visions
    4. Nearest enemy
  • Bug Fix: Voidlings continuously switching targets when more than one of the same priority level are present.

V4.1

• Nether Grasp
  • New Effect: Halts the target if they were being moved by a friendly effect (dashes, jumps, Dark Passage)

V3.10

• Summon Voidling
  • Bug Fix: Voidlings repeatedly switching targets when more than one is affected by Malefic Visions.
• Call of the Void
  • Projectile's visibility from fog of war and brush now consistent with others.

V3.6

• Call of the Void
  • Mana cost reduced to 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100 from 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120.
• Null Zone
  • Mana cost reduced to 90 / 95 / 100 / 105 / 110 from 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130.

V1.0.0.152

• Stats
  • Movement speed increased to 340 from 315.

V1.0.0.149

• Summon Voidling
  • Fixed a bug where Voidlings could get stuck in walls when using abilities in impassable terrain.

V1.0.0.143

• Summon Voidling
  • Voidlings prioritize enemies Malzahar is autoattacking if Malefic Visions isn't present.
  • Voidling pathing and general AI improved
  • Voidlings now hide in brush and won't attack if Malzahar is in brush and not in combat.
  • Voidling dance animation added
• Call of the Void
  • Delay is now consistent at 0.6 seconds
  • Now deals damage in a single hit rather than two separate hits.
  • Now grants vision along the entire line path rather than only at the two end points.
  • Now deals damage to units surrounding the end points.
• Null Zone
  • Removed: Cast time
  • New Effect: Malzahar can cast while moving.
  • Damage now starts 0.25 seconds after casting.
• Nether Grasp
  • New Effect: Malzahar cannot perform any action during the first 0.5 seconds of channel time.
  • New Effect: Voidlings prioritize suppressed champions the highest.

V1.0.0.132

• General
  • Splash artwork for Original Malzahar, Vizier Malzahar and Shadow Prince Malzahar updated to the Chinese art.

V1.0.0.126

• Call of the Void
  • Fixed a bug where it would not finish casting if Malzahar died.
• Nether Grasp
  • Fixed a bug where it couldn't break with distance.
  • It will now stop channeling if the target becomes a ghost.

V1.0.0.121

• Nether Grasp
  • Fixed a bug where it would sometimes only deal 4 ticks of damage instead of 5.

V1.0.0.120

• Null Zone
  • Base damage reduced to 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8% of target's maximum health from 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9.
  • AP ratio reduced to (+ 1% per 100 AP) from 1 per 80.
  • Cooldown reduced to 14 seconds from 16.
• Nether Grasp
  • Total AP ratio reduced to (+130% AP) from (+150% AP)

V1.0.0.108

• Malefic Visions
  • Fixed a bug where ability casts by an opposing mirror-match Malzahar behaved improperly.

V1.0.0.107

• Null Zone
  • Base damage increased to 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9% of target's maximum health from 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8.
  • Removed: 25 / 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 damage per second.
• Summon Voidling
  • Casts required to summon reduced to 4 from 5.

V1.0.0.103

• Call of the Void
  • Mana cost reduced to 80 / 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 from 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130.
• Null Zone
  • Cost changed to 90 / 100 / 110 / 120 / 130 from 80 / 95 / 110 / 125 / 140.
• Nether Grasp
  • Range reduced to 700 from 750.

V1.0.0.100

• Summon Voidling
  • Voidlings will now attack the target affected by Malzahar's most-recently-cast Malefic Visions.
• Call of the Void
  • Cooldown reduced to 9 seconds from 10.
• Null Zone
  • Mana cost reduced to 80 / 95 / 110 / 125 / 140 from 90 / 105 / 120 / 135 / 150.
  • Removed: Blank buff
• Nether Grasp
  • New Effect: Suppression
  • Removed: Stun
  • Range increased to 750 from 650.

V1.0.0.98

• Stats
  • Movement speed increased to 315 from 310.
• Malefic Visions
  • Range increased to 650 from 600.
  • Cooldown reduced to 15 / 13 / 11 / 9 / 7 seconds from 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 8.
• Nether Grasp
  • Range increased to 650 from 575.

V1.0.0.96

• Nether Grasp
  • Range increased to 575 from 450.
  • Fixed a bug where the stun component would not be broken even if the channel was.

V1.0.0.87:

• Summon Voidling
  • Voidling movement speed increased to 451 from 419.
  • Fixed a bug where a Voidling's attacks would reveal Malzahar through fog of war and brush.

V1.0.0.86

• Added

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