Viktor vs Malzahar in Mid lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.14. The one thing to respect: his Flash + Nether Grasp — after 6 it makes you a free kill; W under him the instant he preps to ult. 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 · MIDVIKTORthe Herald of the Arcane

⇄ ChangeENEMY · MIDMALZAHARthe Prophet of the Void

VS

Swings with levelsPre-6 EasyPost-6 MediumTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Respect his Flash-R

After 6 you're a free kill to Flash + Nether Grasp — W under him the instant he preps to ult you, and never sit mid without vision of their jungle and support.

Win early trades

You win trades pretty hard early — land your E across him whenever you can and punish him before he ever has his ult up.

Starve his voidlings

If he hard-shoves near OOM, kill his voidlings — his E refunds mana per minion kill, so denying them starves him out.

✕ DON'T

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Never sit in the middle of the lane after 6 without knowing where their jungle and support are — Flash-R makes you a free kill.

Runes

SORCERYmatchup page

RESOLVEoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

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

MAXE→Q→W

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