The Malzahar Changes (7.11)

Its starting to look like Old Malzahar again, as it has become clear that his voidlings where NEVER center stage. They where a oassive that where only ever a footnote for him.

When I would think of Malzahar I would think: "Silence, Space Aids, and that ult synergy." Voidlings where sort of not noted unless I was pushing a tower then they where like a 2nd champion hitting the tower. Turning them into an ability and making his kit revolve around them was a step in the wrong direction because they where never about him, I'm glad Riot has acknowledged this error in the changes.

If you understand his lore, he is a prophet that saw crazy things in the void; key words, **VISIONS, HEARING WHISPERS, THE VOID **(aka place between places, or the netherworld). In nowhere in that design do voidlings have any part to play. The only reason we know they exist is his art.

Now I don't think they'll completely revert him, so I wish to pass on a few ideas to make his current kit more feasible, because he still needs more In my opinion.

FEW THINGS MALZAHAR COULD USE

-Voidling teleport to enemy affected by E The cast Range of your voidling skill is very short so having voidlings jump to enemy target affected by your E - Malefic Visions would help their DPS when it matters. This would only occur on the intial cast of Summon Voidling.

-Voidlings attacking ulted target refresh their duration When you ult a target, its a big deal with a lot of damage being outputted but your voidlings just disappear after 8 seconds. Why not have voidlings extend their duration and therefore threat when they attack target affected by your ult?

-Ratio buffs to basic abilities While I'm not asking for pre-rework ratios, his basic abilities could still use a bit of a buff because right now his damage output is still rather low. Even if you only buffed his Q damage because his Q refreshes his E would be great in terms of boosting his harass power and making him a more credible threat in lane. His Voidlings just feel like a dead ability currently that do little damage and take a crucial ability slot in the process.