Imperial Mandate Malzahar Build

Imperial Mandate Malzahar Build.

Imperial Mandate Malzahar build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Malzahar guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Malzahar build in League of Legends Patch 25.S1.2!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Giant's Belt should be final item in your build.
Tear of the Goddess should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Malzahar ability Call of the Void should be leveled first.
Q
Malzahar ability Malefic Visions should be leveled second.
E
Malzahar ability Void Swarm should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Ionian Boots of Lucidity should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Morellonomicon should be final item in your build.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Kaenic Rookern should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Guardian from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Exhaust as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Malzahar Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

How it works

General

  1. This build is all about Imperial Mandate.
  2. And also all about slows.
  3. You support through disrupting fights, being annoying, Slowing/Healing/Buffing and soaking damage.

How to play

General

  1. You rush Rylai's Crystal Scepter, then Imperial Mandate.
  2. Your slows trigger Font of Life AND Imperial Mandate, healing and buffing your allies.
  3. Remember that you need to keep close to your allies to trigger Guardian.
  4. Since LoL Patch 14.1 Imperial Mandate is changed. Now you need your team to proc it to deal any damage. So you need to play a little bit differently. Do not spam mindlessly. Try coordinating it with your team - when they are about to poke or when they go in.
  5. Font of Life heal can trigger various support items, like Ardent Censer or Staff of Flowing Water or even Moonstone Renewer!
  6. You need to adapt your items to the game. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

  1. You can block enemy skillshots or trigger enemy traps/boxes/saplings with your Void Swarm (W)! You can place them anywhere near you, and they will be summoned at the target location. So use that to block projectiles or to destroy stuff.

Riot

  1. Wait to cast Void Swarm until there are nearby enemies for the Voidling to attack or kill.
  2. Use Call of the Void and Nether Grasp to renew the duration of Malefic Visions on enemies.
  3. Avoiding damage in lane maximizes the uptime on Void Shift, increasing Malzahar's safety dramatically.

Skill Order

  • Malzahar [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Call of the Void
  • Malzahar [object Object] ability.
    W
    Void Swarm
  • Malzahar [object Object] ability.
    E
    Malefic Visions
  • Malzahar [object Object] ability.
    R
    Nether Grasp

Items

Starting items
Giant's Belt item.
Tear of the Goddess item.
Rush this #1
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Good support items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Locket of the Iron Solari item.
Moonstone Renewer item.
Shurelya's Battlesong item.
Staff of Flowing Water item.
Ardent Censer item.
Redemption item.
Good tank items
Knight's Vow item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Fimbulwinter item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Good MR items
Force of Nature item.
Spirit Visage item.
Kaenic Rookern item.
Good Armor items
Thornmail item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Frozen Heart item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
For mana problems
Tear of the Goddess item.
Seraph's Embrace item.
Situational dmg items
Liandry's Torment item.
Rod of Ages item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Cosmic Drive item.
Rabadon's Deathcap item.
Blackfire Torch item.
Cryptbloom item.
Counter healing
Oblivion Orb item.
Morellonomicon item.
Counter shielding
Serpent's Fang item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Seeker's Armguard item.
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Morellonomicon item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Spirit Visage item.
Kaenic Rookern item.