General
- Malzahar is one of the few champions to have a pet, the others being , , , , , , and .
- Malzahar and his U Can't Touch This by MC Hammer.
- A side-by-side comparison can be seen here.
's dance references
Development
- While in the PBE, his name was Al'Zahar, sounding almost like الظاهر Aẓ-ẓahir "the Manifest"[1] is one among the Names of God in Islam.
- Malzahar was the only champion who caused the PBE to malfunction.
Lore
- Malzahar's story might be referencing Abdul Alhazred from the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft.
Skins
- He might be referencing Prince of Persia.
- He references the eponymous Middle-Eastern title.
- He references the wish-granting supernatural beings from Arabian myth.
- He might be referencing the eponymous video game and/or the the eponymous Scrin leader from Command & Conquer.
- He commands an army of Void .
- He shares this theme with , , , , and .
- His body shape resembles a few characters:
- Some of his ability effects take inspiration from games such as the Geometry Wars series.
- He shares this theme with , , , , , , , , , and .
- is fighting him in his splash art.
Relations
- Even though Malzahar (and Shuriman their ties to the Void directs all their focus to the ancient city of Icathia and what lies within it.
- Malzahar might be attempting to make Icathia rise again just like
- It is uncertain whether or not he is aware of the
- Even if so, making way for the Voidborn takes precedence over a handful of actually mortal demigods that can be overrun by infinite hordes anyway.
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did with the Ancient Shuriman capital.
- It is uncertain whether or not he is aware of the
) are both - Malzahar might be attempting to make Icathia rise again just like
- Malzahar was brainwashed into believing the Void overrunning Runeterra is an inevitability and this in turned prompted him to become its prophet.
- Malzahar has done everything to tempt the Void Walker into joining forces with him, going so far as to sending 's daughter into the Void itself.
is on the opposite end of the spectrum. He glimpsed into the Void and his resolve to fight it only strengthened.
- The one resposible for luring Malzahar to Icathia might have been the same entity
- Malzahar in turn lured
- It could be speculated the hivemind entity is the Mouth of the Abyss' 'Daddy', the 'Terror who is coming'.
- In short might be foreshadowing a cataclysm on an interdimensional scale so large the Rune Wars will seem a children's brawl in comparison.
into Runeterra.
- It could be speculated the hivemind entity is the Mouth of the Abyss' 'Daddy', the 'Terror who is coming'.
suspects of being commanding all the Void incursions into Runeterra.
- Malzahar in turn lured