I miss old Malzahar.

I miss old Malz. I miss the premiere lockdown mage of League.

The MYMU tried to play up Malzahar's minion-mancing. To it's credit, it's a cool idea, a stupid one, especially since at the time Yorick (the minion-mancer of the game) was soon for his rework, but still kinda cool.

Except in doing so they ruined him. Old Malzahar was kind of DoT-based and kind of AoE-based, but above all was about locking down someone and holding them still, possibly killing them if you were good with your skill placement and timing. Positioning was actually important because he wasnt that asshole kid in the playground who always used his "anti-everything shield" to win fights. Laning was actually a matter of managing mana costs and regain with E along with trying to put your harass onto the enemy laner, now you can free farm because if the enemy laner dares go near you, you just pop E on them, summon a Voidling, and laugh as they desperately run under tower to escape.

And then you buy Rylais.

I'm just one person, but god do I miss the old Malzahar.

Riot reverted Kog'Maw, perhaps we can get lucky and see him return to his former identity.