Morello, is Malzahar a balanced champion?

How Do You Meta·Jan 9, 2015·1 votes·648 views

Please say yes, I don't want the stuffing nerfed out of him :c

22 Comments

DiostukosJan 9, 20152 votes

According to Morello he's not op because he's not Sona.

How Do You MetaJan 9, 20152 votes

You mean he is not op because he is not a support playing solo lane?

Rinky DinkyJan 9, 20151 votes

Because Sona is totally being played in a solo lane on an every-game basis. Or an every few game basis.

Oh wait.

She isnt.

AtheosisXJan 9, 20152 votes

Malzahar OP? Hahahaha!!!

He's got crazy damage and a nasty 1v1 ult, but he is very, very dependent on his team after the laning phase and is incredibly immobile. With the proper team to peel for him he can be very strong, but try being on a team with little to no peel against a mobility-heavy team. It can be pretty painful.

How Do You MetaJan 9, 20151 votes

Thank you, I like hearing those words, I am not being sarcastic, this means I can play him more without being worried about him getting nerfed :D

AtheosisXJan 9, 20151 votes

Oh I didn't say that. Riot nerfs champs that aren't overpowered fairly often. That said as long as Malzahar remains a rare pick without an abnormally high win rate he's probably safe.

How Do You MetaJan 9, 20151 votes

Fuck yeah, no one play him please, he is useless and doesn't do anything!

######Don't gut my main please Morello, nerf Irelia again instead.

AtheosisXJan 9, 20151 votes

He's my main too, but I don't worry about nerfs to champs I like since I have no control over it.

Leti the YetiJan 9, 20151 votes

dam, i wish more people would laugh at my gangplank -sob-

How Do You MetaJan 9, 20151 votes

He is still recovering from brain surgery, which is why he pauses every time he uses an ability, yo ho ho and a bottle of...rum

Leti the YetiJan 9, 20151 votes

Some reason mobile melees and immobile casters appeal to me so Malzahar has definitely been on my radar... thats not a good thing tho

Cuz that means something I found OP about him that caught my attention :DDD

How Do You MetaJan 9, 20151 votes

He is so freaking fun omg :D

Cale017Jan 9, 20151 votes

I have mixed feelings about Malzahar. Watching someone melt under his full barrage is so fun, and he's actually one of the few champions I have a Quadra kill with (blind Q'd over a jungle wall for the triple, dropped the pool in a bush for the Quad on the fleeing support), but I find him rather... odd unless I get lucky. For one thing I find it nearly impossible to land his Q during laning phase. I have to be able to tell that the enemy is tunnel visioning to get them. The cast animation is so clear, and it gives so much warning, that you can't even really lead it because they'll just stop moving and it'll still miss. Trying to drop his pool and hit them with Visions before your ult usually gives them too much time to get out of range, and more often than not I ult someone when they're JUST out of range of the pool I dropped, or I ult them and accidentally click somewhere or hit an ability in the wrong order and completely waste my ult.

But when you're doing good with him, it just feels so damned amazing. His Visions will cut through almost anyone, his pool cuts through the rest, and you can spend all game making life awful for one member of the enemy team over and over and over. It's like Veigar but with slightly more utility.

How Do You MetaJan 9, 20151 votes

See for me I don't find difficulty with landing his Q and using his abilities to the best potential, for some reason he clicks with my play style really well and I find him super fun because of that.

Cale017Jan 9, 20151 votes

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See for me I don't find difficulty with landing his Q and using his abilities to the best potential, for some reason he clicks with my play style really well and I find him super fun because of that.

I can lead a Veigar W or land a Lee Sin Q 9 times out of 10, but if you ask me to hit a Malz Q more than 50% of the time I just plain can't do it. I feel like if they increased the speed of the cast by a smidgeon it'd make him SO much better.

How Do You MetaJan 9, 20151 votes

It is like Nami's bubble, you usually cast it behind the enemies because they instinctively turn back when they see it :)

Cale017Jan 9, 20151 votes

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It is like Nami's bubble, you usually cast it behind the enemies because they instinctively turn back when they see it :)

See, I do that but it ends up missing anyways. Either they catch onto it and simply stop moving, so it passes in front of them, or they're still able to react quick enough to get out of the way even when I'm leading it behind them. And that's if I'm not limited by the meh range on it; more often than not I'm having to cast it at max range and hope because getting in any closer is a death sentence.

How Do You MetaJan 9, 20151 votes

Hm, I don't have that problem often enough, sometimes early game I use it to push the wave a bit to pass along the visions faster to the enemy as well.

AtheosisXJan 9, 20151 votes

Landing Malzahar's Q, outside of situations where they are actively running away or actively chasing, is totally hit or miss as it relies on your opponent reacting incorrectly. That said you have to understand that it isn't like other skill shots. It's actually strongest in team fights where enemies are clumped up. It also wins 1v1 fights even when you don't have your ult because you can drop it on your opponent do huge damage and cripple them with silence while visions and ignite finish them off.

Also keep in mind that his Q is a great tool to dissuade opponent movement. I've saved teammates who were being chased with it more times than I can count. It either lands and takes a ton of their life causing them to rethink their chase or they see it and stop chasing.

Leti the YetiJan 9, 20151 votes

eh, havent ever gotten to play malz but i worryabout being able to land Qs as well

But im certainI can totally do the EWR

How Do You MetaJan 9, 20151 votes

I like to play unpredictably so I don't set up my combo for an R so they escape, sometimes I just E R them or even R them with the R spewing out a voidling and THEN putting my E on them and watch them pointlessly try to flash away and still die from its DOT, I am just evil I guess ;)