League-of-legends – Are there any rewards for reaching a certain Elo rank

Malzahar is a perfectly acceptable AP carry. He has strong burst, good damage scaling and good teamfight presence.

There are a few reasons why you see him less in tournaments:

A) believe it or not, people got bored of him. Malzahar was a high level pick/ban for a long time, and after his nerf on W, people found different champions to use despite him still being viable

B) QSS can REALLY hurt his ability to fully combo high priority targets

C) No escapes. He's extremely susceptible to ganks. Most picked AP carries nowadays are a little harder to tag down. Think of Kennen, Ahri, Ryze, Morg etc. They all have good ways to ward off ganks. Malz does not

Don't let this sway you from playing and mastering him if you love his playstyle. He's still an extremely potent champion

An "Elo Rating" is a method games, usually Online Multiplayer games, use to separate stronger players from players who aren't as fortunate at the game. Using this method, League of Legends chooses who you will play with when you play the Ranked games with other players. To establish an elo rating, you need to play a few ranked game and after a while, you'll be able to see your rating in your profile and while waiting in some lobbies. League of Legends starts new player off at 1200 Elo. Winning, especially against high-Elo opponents, will increase your own Elo rating. Losing will make it drop. The best League of Legends players approach or surpass the 2000 Elo mark.