AD Malzahar is coming back!!!

[{quoted}](name=Craft Zeppelin,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=L3nVgFxx,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2018-05-04T19:52:33.711+0000)

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/8gu6mq/riot_games_balance_team_exposed/dyeuicr/

"You're also going to see us shipping individual champ to champ changes over the coming months which are aiming at either opening up playstyles that used to exist but don't anymore (AD Malzahar, Lane Nidalee, AP Trist as a potential examples), or introducing playstyles that have never existed on a champ before (I wonder what an AP Shotgun knees looks like). "

Ok so they've said in the coming months they're going to look at POTENTIALLY AD Malz alongside numerous other things. I'm afraid as a long time malz main and a skeptic of anything from Riot not already implemented on the live servers, I won't hold me breath. Still good to know they might look at it at some point, and I had heard about the Nidalee lane thing which backs up at least one of the list detailed him Maples post. Thank you for letting us all know. I'll pop a link on the Poll Thread for you and let you know when that's done :)

[{quoted}](name=Craft Zeppelin,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=L3nVgFxx,comment-id=00010000,timestamp=2018-05-04T19:52:33.711+0000)

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/8gu6mq/riot_games_balance_team_exposed/dyeuicr/

"You're also going to see us shipping individual champ to champ changes over the coming months which are aiming at either opening up playstyles that used to exist but don't anymore (AD Malzahar, Lane Nidalee, AP Trist as a potential examples), or introducing playstyles that have never existed on a champ before (I wonder what an AP Shotgun knees looks like). "

I've linked your post on the Poll Thread (https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/EVvZAITe-revert-malzahar?show=flat&page=6) to advertise this potential. Thanks again for letting us all know! :)

[{quoted}](name=Craft Zeppelin,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=L3nVgFxx,comment-id=00040000,timestamp=2018-05-05T12:52:18.824+0000)

Well this was a very old video. No, it does not apply on hit lifesteal but bloodthirsters at that time gave you the biggest chunk of ad. Your viable build for AD malz now is like this. Strangly the minions apply cleaver and crystal sceptre which makes it a deadly combination.

Shhhh! the Crystal Scepter thing has saved me many a time and I'm not use riot know (seeing as liandry's doesn't!). I was thinking

You get healing/AD from gunblade, shred from BC and liandry's/rylais and the perma slow. Not sure whether the old voidling came under AOE or single target damage, but i'd assume single target.

[{quoted}](name=Beacon Academy,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=L3nVgFxx,comment-id=00040001,timestamp=2018-05-05T17:38:45.868+0000)

Voidlings back then dealt "physical damage"

They scaled with bonus AD and Armor penetration to increase damage

Essentially, etc etc.

They did not count as spell damage, so therefore did not proc Liandry's/Rylai's

But the total disconnect between the Voidling and the rest of his kit allowed both parts of his kit to be strong as you pretty much built one way or the other.

I enjoyed Malzahar a lot back then because you had choice in where you use your spells, what you use your spells for, and what I wanted to build. His adaptability back then was amazing and even made him a viable champion for all five roles.

Now he is just magic damage and no amount of AD will change that.

Ooooo so something like would work? :O