Starting Items

• Don't get anything else for starting items. Fear no mid laner.
• 1V2 ANTI-GANKZ-A-HARD ACTIVATED. Play aggressive if they don't have a hard CC engaging/shielding jungler. (So definitely not against a Lee Sin or J4 Jungle). Otherwise when you have these items and you have decent HP, invite the jungler over, CC (Q) the one who has CC, spell combo the squishier one and let your pet(s?) eat the closest person to you. Might take some practice to not play like a wimp at this point in the match. :)

Core Items

• cookie cutter core build. Alacrity, Furor, and Distortion are all great boot enchants. Always take distortion if you have TP or Ghost. ROA>ions>Rabadon (if no zed/fizz)>Zhonya (take before crappadon's if laning Vs. Zed or Fizz) Liandry (NOT LAST?! WTF?!) > Void staff or Rylai (VS if enemies have too much MR, Rylai otherwise)
• super hardcore experienced malz build that i'm scared to even try in ranked, but it's fun trust me, take ghost with this!!!
• against all ad comps, trust me. 40% CDR, A Sh*tload of armor, and a sh*tload of HP to use that armor, all while maintaining High AP/Spell Pen/HP Shred and having invulnerability. Do not FF vs All AD, get full build and dominate.

Situational Items

• See notes. Replace Void Staff or Rylai.
• only take this if you are extremely behind (VS Heavy AP Comp) or 45 mins+ into a match vs 2+ Core AP Champs. Otherwise, this item is an insult to your damage, survival, and mobility.
• Opt for the negronomicon if you need to push lanes hard(er) and the enemy has a somewhat heal intensive comp. Replace Rylai or Void Staff in core (Rylai if tanky enemies, Void Staff if generally low-mid tanky enemy team). However, in most cases, I would not recommend this item.
• AD MALZ!!!! infinite voidling spawns!! E-W-R whoever you want dead.

Pick one to replace the Void staff with in the core build. 

vs Malphite, Annie, Orianna, etc.

 when you have anybody building a Zz'Rot Portal lol. Know that you may use this on your pet, and it gives you relevant stats. :)

If no one on your team has it AND the enemy team has 2+ atkspd AD AA reliant champs on the enemy team. You benefit from the high armor and mana. They won't be able to touch you.

• 

  Aatrox

  Easy
• 

  Ahri

  Easy
• 

  Annie

  Medium
• 

  Cho'Gath

  Medium
• 

  Galio

  Medium
• 

  Kassadin

  Easy
• 

  Katarina

  Easy
• 

  Malphite

  Hard
• 

  Malzahar

  Medium
• 

  Orianna

  Medium

VS

Aatrox

Easy

Use E on a wave, if it transfers through most of the wave, use your next E on . If you don't get mana from clearing a wave, use your E on the next wave until you can spare an E to bully Aatrox. Once you have Catalyst/RoA, this bullying becomes a simple rinse and repeat. 

If you see his animation to  after he 's toward you, use whatever spells UNDER YOURSELF (no summs unless it's to stay alive or kill someone). I have whooped his ass in lane a couple of times. Yes I would pick malz top with TP just to counter this clown.

VS

Ahri

Easy

Even if she lands an E on you, you will greatly out-DPS her afterward because you should have   &  at your disposal. Get boots early against her and you'll do fine as long as you don't run at her when her spells are up. When she ults,  should be enough to kill her or send her behind her turret so you can go back to farming (all malz needs to do!)

VS

Annie

Medium

 TAKE BARRIER AND FIGHT HER WHEN SHE ULTS YOU!

Farm and don't let her land pokes on you. Watch her buffs!! Pay attention to when she's close to having a stun, just like she should be paying attention to your buffs for a similar, scarier reason that the little runt probably underestimates :) 

Try to save your ult/all-in right after she uses a Stun to CS/Trade with you. 

Got catalyst+? Spam E on her just cuz it's annie. Get her low for the showdown coming up.

VS

Cho'Gath

Medium

AOE SILENCE VS AOE SILENCE!! SKill matchup, his  will shit on you though. If you were cho and thought "I can kill him", you need to back, because he's thinking the same thing.

VS

Galio

Medium

Get boots on your first back, shouldn't be a problem. Don't get in range/let him close to you. Just don't try to kill him alone until you have items and can somewhat catch him offguard! I put medium because there isn't as much Kill Potential on Galio. This is definitely a farm lane. Poke when ya can without going under 35% mana.

VS

Kassadin

Easy

...The Balance of Power is a ******* joke.

VS

Katarina

Easy

Just auto attack her LOL, she's like malphite in team fights, but doesn't kill you over and over again in the beginning. 

she has no HP, rarely has tank stats, and you can possibly 1v2 a gank if you get the E to jump. Proceed with caution though, a good Katarina will typically only all-in if she has some lockdown very close by. 

VS

Malphite

Hard

Get ready to be f*****g slammed back into your pathetic oblivion. A good Malphite mid is the last champion you want to fight. Pray your jungler camps for you. ULT HIM BEFORE HE ULTS IN TEAM FIGHTS, AND THROW A - WHEREVER YOU THINK HE'S GONNA ULT AFTER! GL!!! Ban this MOFO.

VS

Malzahar

Medium

Why didn't you pick Malphite? Blind Pick Malz is rare..for now.

VS

Orianna

Medium

Pretty annoying. Push lane hard once you have . Very similar lane to Annie. I highly recommend  or .

Champion	Difficulty	Notes
Aatrox		Author Notes
Use E on a wave, if it transfers through most of the wave, use your next E on . If you don't get mana from clearing a wave, use your E on the next wave until you can spare an E to bully Aatrox. Once you have Catalyst/RoA, this bullying becomes a simple rinse and repeat.  If you see his animation to  after he 's toward you, use whatever spells UNDER YOURSELF (no summs unless it's to stay alive or kill someone). I have whooped his ass in lane a couple of times. Yes I would pick malz top with TP just to counter this clown.
Ahri		Author Notes
Even if she lands an E on you, you will greatly out-DPS her afterward because you should have   &  at your disposal. Get boots early against her and you'll do fine as long as you don't run at her when her spells are up. When she ults,  should be enough to kill her or send her behind her turret so you can go back to farming (all malz needs to do!)
Annie		Author Notes
TAKE BARRIER AND FIGHT HER WHEN SHE ULTS YOU! Farm and don't let her land pokes on you. Watch her buffs!! Pay attention to when she's close to having a stun, just like she should be paying attention to your buffs for a similar, scarier reason that the little runt probably underestimates :)  Try to save your ult/all-in right after she uses a Stun to CS/Trade with you.  Got catalyst+? Spam E on her just cuz it's annie. Get her low for the showdown coming up.
Cho'Gath		Author Notes
AOE SILENCE VS AOE SILENCE!! SKill matchup, his  will shit on you though. If you were cho and thought "I can kill him", you need to back, because he's thinking the same thing.
Galio		Author Notes
Get boots on your first back, shouldn't be a problem. Don't get in range/let him close to you. Just don't try to kill him alone until you have items and can somewhat catch him offguard! I put medium because there isn't as much Kill Potential on Galio. This is definitely a farm lane. Poke when ya can without going under 35% mana.
Kassadin		Author Notes
...The Balance of Power is a ******* joke.
Katarina		Author Notes
Just auto attack her LOL, she's like malphite in team fights, but doesn't kill you over and over again in the beginning.  she has no HP, rarely has tank stats, and you can possibly 1v2 a gank if you get the E to jump. Proceed with caution though, a good Katarina will typically only all-in if she has some lockdown very close by.
Malphite		Author Notes
Get ready to be f*****g slammed back into your pathetic oblivion. A good Malphite mid is the last champion you want to fight. Pray your jungler camps for you. ULT HIM BEFORE HE ULTS IN TEAM FIGHTS, AND THROW A - WHEREVER YOU THINK HE'S GONNA ULT AFTER! GL!!! Ban this MOFO.
Malzahar		Author Notes
Why didn't you pick Malphite? Blind Pick Malz is rare..for now.
Orianna		Author Notes
Pretty annoying. Push lane hard once you have . Very similar lane to Annie. I highly recommend  or .