Last season was my first season in ranked (went from Bronze 3 to Silver 4) and I love Malzahar (even played him top some games). I normally go RoA -> Void -> Zhonyas/Dcap -> whichever one I didn't get previous, leaving me with little to no CDR for spamming my voidling and waveclear which leads me to ask this:
Would a Morellonomicon be better than the RoA?
21/9/0 masteries?
Standard AP runes?
Thanks!
I don't play him much, but imo he doesn't need the mana regeneration that morellonomicon provides. I also feel that since he doesn't have any mobility and cant do anything during his ult you are better off with the health that RoA provides
My build usually goes 
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Of course build depending on whether or not you need early MPen. No one builds MR go straight for DCap after Morello, otherwise go Liandries.
Good HP/Mana boost from RoA so you dont worry about running out of Mana. Max CD + Mana Regen from Morello = Nonstop Spam + Ult every 48 seconds. Liandries synergizes well with your kit with its % Health Damage Its MPen + Void Staff MPen allows you to still shred tanks.
I dropped Zhonya's a long time ago, while its passive and bonus armor are great the fact that you have no escapes makes it pretty irrelevant in most situations, you Zhonya in a team fight and immediately when its over your still dead.
I go 21/0/9 on my Masteries, improved recalled, increased movement speed, 10% CD on Flash and Ignite, and Biscuits are great as they give some Mana back too.
As for Runes I got Hybrid Marks because your voidlings benefit from ArPen, you only lose 2.3 MPen as opposed to straight MPen Marks but gain 8.1 ArPen. Afterwords I split my seals 5 Mana Regen/4 Armor, then I finish with 9 AP Glyphs and 3 AP Quints
Hmm normally i dont need CDR or mana regen on him.
My normal builds are: > 
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Sometimes i will build a Liandrys first instead of RoA, replace the RoA with a Morello or something. The Void and Deathcap order is dependent on whether they build MR or not, if they did Void if they didnt RabCap. The Rylai's is what i build normally because i like the slow and gives a lot of AP. I will build a if they have a lot of lifesteal/spellvamp champs, i use to build DFG for fun but they are removing it so no longer an option. Zhonya's is good if they have a lot of AD but i dont like building it on Malzahar, if you need to use Zhonya's you are probably going to die anyways unless you use it to avoid burst damage.
