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
- Upon the removal of V9.23, Gathering Swarm stacks for was renamed to Zz'Rot Swarm to honor the item.
- This might indirectly imply that Malzahar's are a similar if not the same species as the that spawned from that item.
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Development
- Malzahar is voiced by Vic Mignogna.
- were also voiced by the same voice actor before their voice update. , and
- During development he was called MalZahar and later in PBE it got changed to Al'Zahar, which sounds almost like الظاهر Að̣-ð̣ahir "the Manifest",[1] one among the Names of God in Islam.
Lore
- Malzahar's story might be referencing Abdul Alhazred from the Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft.
- The "eye" in his forehead is a physical manifestation of Malzahar's connection with the Void.
Quotes
- Malzahar shares quotes with:
- "Without question". - / ▶️
Skins
- The scene depicted has him summoning a .
- This skin shares the Legacy theme with:
- ...and others
- He might be referencing Prince of Persia.
- This skin shares the Wonders of the World theme with:
- ...and others
- He references the eponymous Middle-Eastern title.
- This skin shares the Fables theme with:
- ...and others
- He references the wish-granting supernatural beings from Arabian myth.
- This skin shares the Definitely Not theme with:
- He might be referencing the eponymous video game and/or the the eponymous Scrin leader from Command & Conquer.
- This skin shares the Snow Day theme with:
- He was released in celebration of Snowdown Showdown 2014 along with:
- He commands an army of .
- This skin shares the Arcade: Battle Bosses theme with:
- is fighting him in his splash art.
- His body shape resembles a few characters:
- Some of his ability effects take inspiration from games such as the Geometry Wars series.
- This skin shares the Hextech theme with:
- ...and others
- He might be referencing Father Karras/Mechanists from Thief 2.
- This skin shares the Worldbreaker theme with:
- and can be seen in the background of 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 family into the Void after an earthquake destroyed their village.
- It is a commonly held player theory that is daughter whom Malzahar sent to the Void.
- In the old lore: Malzahar goaded the Void Walker into joining forces with him, going so far as to sending 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.
- In the new lore: Malzahar was only indirectly responsible for sending Kassadin's family into the Void after an earthquake destroyed their village.
- 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.