Malzahar plans. @riot
You guys plan on working on the immobile mids. Would you mind shedding some light on whats planned for Malz?
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We haven't really locked down which champions we're likely to work on yet, as their ship date is still likely a long way out. For you or any other Malzahar players out there, what kinds of things would you like to see done with him? And what kinds of things would you not like to see or see left alone?
edit: Wow, I went to sleep and woke up and this has 60 new comments. Thanks everyone!
@Riot. Sand particles for Shadow Prince Malzahar. That's all I want from life.
In all seriousness though a long, long time ago when I first started league, before I even knew about things like skin spotlights, I purchased Shadow Prince Malzahar based on the splash art. Being a really big fan of the Prince Of Persia series I was excited to start hurling the corrupting sands of time at my foes, only to be dismayed that his particles are all the same. 
I've never refunded it and decided to keep it all these years on the off chance the skin gets updated.
As a Malzahar main with almost 300k Champion Points.... Playing Malzahar from Silver up to Plat 1... Here's my 2 cents.
Passive: Better AI vs minion last hitting. If only I had 5g for every time a Voidling faked me out of a CS... AI is wonky. Needs the Heimerdonger / Zyra treatment.
Q: Excellent. His late-game bread & butter. Don't change.
W: The recent nerf is tough to swallow. Power really must be added elsewhere to his kit considering the nerf. The static nature of W is really oppressive (especially with mobility creep of champs since Malzahar was released)... I suggest, if the nerfs stick, add a slowing mechanic to it, so it can be a real zoning tool. Currently with the nerf, it's zoning is /meh and it really only comes into play IF you can get a priority target R'd in it, and THAT risk / reward ratio is dicey late game.
E: Great spell. 1) Add clarity for ALL DoTs, so we can see DoT damage ticking off a health bar. 2) Malzahar is immobile, add range to the spell cast, this range would be great QoL improvement.
**R: **Again, great spell, suggest a tweak though. 1) Short range 2) Easily disrupted... those 2 combined wreck Malzahar at higher Elo... **ESPECIALLY **considering the prevalence of QSS at higher Elo's. This is part of his "Elo Glass Ceiling".
Auto-Attack: Janky. Just a bit of clean-up.
Final Thought: Malzahar doesn't need much. He needs 1) an additional tool, slow or snare added to W ... AND / OR ... 2) Tweaks to his ult as outlined above. I mained him Season 5... I won't be touching him Season 6 in his current state.
Edit: For such an immobile Mage... his spell ranges are awkward. To land everything THEN ult requires a very close distance to the enemy which is SOO dicey at higher Elo and Late Game. This is frustrating.