Malzahar needs a buff
I quit playing Malzahar a long time ago because of the imbalance i saw in non-mobile mages and mobile mages. Why pick Malz when i can be LeBlanc or Katarina? Yes i have more utility but they have more damage, so much more that it overshadows what makes Malzahar unique.
Today i tried to play him again, just for fun, but i ended up sad again. Brand and Malzahar versus Teemo and Soraka, well Soraka was able to out heal both our damage. So we tried to focus her but while Brand was laying down some serious DPS i couldnt keep up my end, my damage never seemed to be enough (her heal is more then enough for my E and my Q). Later on i tried fighting a Nasus who was just above 50% of his life, I hit him with Q so he couldnt Ult, put on my E, threw down W below him, Ulted him, and for good measure i Ignited. He would have died but Soraka ran by and healed him once which saved him. I should have had more then enough damage to kill him even with the raka heals (specially since he was ignited) but he survived, barely but still.
Everyone agreed that Malz was incredibly underpowered and needed buffs, but honestly i dont think you need to do all that much to him. His Q's hitbox is a bit wonky and unreliable, sometimes huge sometimes small (giggity). It could also be a bit more rewarding for actually landing it but i never have all that much of an issue landing it. His W is almost completely unreliable as a damage source as they need to stand in it, which they do not. A solution would be to make them take more damage up front or increase its radius? idk what to do with this one. His E is a good ability and i would hate to see it changed significantly, so maybe take some of its late game power and put it into its early game power and fix its bounce, the damn thing has the most random distances... His ult is pretty crazy in how many weaknesses it has, first off i think the ult should be instant, there is way too much time before it hits, Wukong could clone right when i ulted and it would just auto to his decoy which sucked. Its range is really freaking small too which is kind of counter productive to his play style. Its damage by itself isnt all that great early game as far as immobile mage ults go, specially since he is apparently suppose to naturally deal more damage being immobile and having high mana costs. Also it should do ramping damage, dealing more damage the longer they are ulted towards the end it should have like a mini explosion of damage. Idk im just typing whatever comes into my mind on the spot... Overall his mana costs are waaaaaay too high and his cooldowns are incredibly long as well, i see no reason for him to be outclassed in damage by someone like Katarina while still having high cool downs and ridiculous mana costs. He needs a buff or a tiny tiny rework (his abilities are all unique and i would really hate to see any of them go except for his W).
I dont know how to do it, but Malzahar definitely needs some attention. I don't want a rework because i like his abilities (even his W) but something needs to be done. You helped Darius and Garen become useful (Garen is considered OP now! Like what?!?!), now please help Malzahar.
