General
- After the Battlemage update in V6.9, Malzahar's Voidlings had their color scheme changed from to .
- 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. dance references
Development
- Malzahar is voiced by Vic Mignogna.
- are also voiced by the same voice actor. , and
- While in the PBE, his name was Al'Zahar, sounding almost like الظاهر Að̣-ð̣ahir "the Manifest",[1] 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.
Quotes
- Malzahar shares quotes with:
- "Without question". - / ▶️
Skins
- The scene depicted has him summoning a .
- 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 was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2014 along with:
- He commands an army of .
- He shares this theme with:
- 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:
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- 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.
- In the new lore: Malzahar was only indirectly responsible for sending Kassadin's into the Void: she innocently replicated a sacrificial ritual to opening a portal into the Void, and the resultant earthquake destroyed her village.
- In the old lore: Malzahar goaded the Void Walker into joining forces with him, going so far as to sending 's 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 Runeterra.
- 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 - It could be speculated the hivemind entity is the Mouth of the Abyss' 'Daddy', the 'Terror who is coming'.
suspects of commanding all the Void incursions into Runeterra.
- Malzahar in turn lured Runeterra.