[My Rework] Malzahar, The Prophet of the Void
Before i get to my proposed rework of Malzahar i want to rant a bit, so if you hate rants just skip the writing here, but please do read the last paragraph. Also i ask anyone who down votes to please at least read through the entire thing and i would really appreciate a comment as to why you down voted. ;D
So i posted a discussion about Malzahar needing a buff, it wasnt very popular lol but i think thats because when you say buff, people automatically assume you mean more damage. People really dont want him getting a buff because of his Suppress, but this fear is misguided. Allow me to explain.
The suppress has this effect on people where they assume its OP because they cant move, they dont realize that their are many downsides to his ult the biggest being HE ALSO CANT MOVE! Thats not my point though, you see that you are suppressed and you can do nothing but watch your health slowly disappear, i admit it is not fun. The thing is though, with someone like Kat or LeBlanc or Yasuo or Fizz etc. you dont get to see your life slowly disappear, you dont get to sit their watching while you do nothing... you are just instantly dead... So honestly the suppress is more of a mental thing, where you are desperately trying to do anything but cant (except Qss but ill talk about that later). You dont realize that if i was Katarina you and your two buddies would be dead instantly, no need to sit there and watch, because you cant... she slammed her face into the keyboard and penta'd your team so fast you dont even know what happened. Yet people complain more about how OP Malz ult is... You may say "Shut up stephenizgod, you can CC Kat out of her ult, idiot." to which i reply: Yes and you can CC Malz out of his ult. The window is about the same too, you must cc him right when he casts his ult and you can cancel it (or you can Zhonya's or QSS/Cleanse). Its about the same window as Kat because if you dont CC her immediately you die or lose 4/5ths of your life. Plus even if you cancel her ult she can still peace out with shunpo, Malz is stuck there like an idiot ripe for the killing.
I dont mean to compare Kat to Malz (and im not, merely using a reference point) because they are two different champs with two very different roles, but there is a lot of similarities to what they can do and how they do it (except she doesnt need mana...). Now we can get into the other things like QSS and Cleanse, people always say "Well you lose more buying QSS just to counter one abilities bleh omg bblah Malz ult OP" but QSS has way more uses then just countering Malz. Ignoring its other uses, who cares if you only counter Malz ult? Thats a huge plus! You just made an enemy champion almost totally useless for 1200g (i know thats not right but leave me alone) plus he just blew north of 400 mana at the very least to try to kill you and now all his abilities are on cool down! He has no escapes, no hard CC, and no mobility... GO KILL HIM! Its really very simple :I...
So what to do... No one wants him buffed due to his Suppress that isnt even that OP (dont fight him in a 1v1 with no help around.. he is an Assassin... Zed and Talon can both do the same thing but better and more efficiently, so why does Malz get the hate?) So how do you fix this? I do not know and i do not care that this will get down voted. Here is a slight rework of some of his abilities. KEEP IN MIND I did give Malz a bit more damage in places so that i can scale them back down if people think it is a bit too much. Do not look at the numbers and immediately start bitching!! They can be lowered and most likely will be lowered, think more on the changes not the numbers.
http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/5.15.1/img/champion/Malzahar.png Malzahar, The Prophet of the Void
http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/5.15.1/img/passive/AlZahar_SummonVoidling.png
#Summon Voidling
After casting 4 spells, Malzahar summons an uncontrollable Voidling to engage enemy units for 21 seconds. Voidlings have 200 + 50 x lvl Health and 20 + 5 x lvl Attack Damage.
Voidlings Grow after 7 seconds (+50% Attack Damage/Armor), and Frenzy after 14 seconds (+100% Attack Speed).
After castin 4 spells, Malzahar summons an uncontrollable Voidling to engage enemy units for 21 seconds. Voidlings have 200 + 50 x lvl Health and 20 + 5 x lvl Attack Damage. Each additional Voidling adds 10 seconds to the last Voidlings duration.
Voidlings Grow after 7 seconds (+50% Attack Damage/Armor), and Frenzy after 14 seconds (+100% Attack Speed). Frenzied Voidlings apply a stack of Void to their target for 3 seconds, this is refreshed every time a Frenzied Voidling attacks. Malzahars Auto-Attacks, Abilities, and Voidlings do 5/7/9/11/13/15/17/19/21/23/25/27/29/31/33/35/37/39 (+1.5/3/4.5/6/7.5/9/10.5/12/13.5/15/16.5/18/19.5/21/22.5/24/25.5/27% Bonus Ability Power) bonus magic damage to targets affected by Void.
http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/5.15.1/img/spell/AlZaharCalloftheVoid.png
#Call of the Void Cost: 80/85/90/95/100 Mana Range: 900
Malzahar opens up two portals to the Void. After a short delay, they fire projectiles that deal Magic Damage and silence enemy champions.
Malzahar opens two portals to the Void. After a short delay, they fire projectiles that deal 80/135/190/245/300 (+80% Ability Power) Magic Damage and silence champions for 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6/3 seconds.
Malzahar opens up two portals to the Void. After a short delay, they fire projectiles that deal Magic Damage and silence enemy champions.
Malzahar opens two portals to the Void. After a short delay, they fire projectiles that deal 70/110/160/220/290 (+80% Ability Power) Magic Damage and silence champions for 1.4/1.8/2.2/2.6/3 seconds. *** If Call of the Void hits multiple champions the silence will be increased by .5 seconds per enemy champion hit.***
http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/5.15.1/img/spell/AlZaharNullZone.png
#Null Zone Cost: 90/95/100/105/110 Mana Range: 800
Malzahar creates a zone of negative energy which damages enemies that stand in it.
Malzahar creates a zone of negative energy for 5 seconds. The zone damages nearby enemies for 4/5/6/7/8% (+[1% Ability Power]%) of their max Health each second (damage to monsters is capped at 120 damage per second).*
Malzahar creats a zone of negative energy which damages enemies that stand in it.
Malzahar creats a zone of negative energy for 5 seconds. The zone damages nearby enemies for 2.5/3/3.5/4/4.5% (+[1.5% Ability Power]% of their max Health each second (damage to monsters is capped at 120 damage per second). Malzahar's other abilities have additional effects on enemy champions standing in Null Zone.
- Enemies effected by Void are slowed by 6/9.5/13/16.5/20% while standing in Null Zone and for 2 seconds after leaving.
- Enemies standing in Null Zone will take an additional 20/30/40/50/60 Magic Damage from Call of the Void, this is increased by 5 Magic Damage for each additional enemy champion hit by Call of the Void.
- Enemies effected by Malefic Visions will take 7/9/11/13/15% of Malefic Visions damage as true damage.
- Enemies effected by Nether Grasp will heal Malzahar for 1/1.5/2/2.5/3% (+[1% Ability Power]% of their max Health each second they are suppressed.
http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/5.15.1/img/spell/AlZaharMaleficVisions.png
#Malefic Visions Cost:
60/75/90/105/120 Mana60/70/80/90/100 Mana Range: 750
Malzahar infects his target's mind with cruel visions of their demise, dealing damage each second. If the target dies while afflicted by the visions, they pass on to a nearby enemy unit and Malzahar gains Mana. Malzahar's Voidlings are attracted to affected units.
Malzahar infects his target's mind, dealing 80/140/200/260/320 (+80% Ability Power) Magic Damage over 4 seconds.If the target dies during this time, the visions pass to a nearby enemy and Malzahar gains 10/14/18/22/26 Mana. Malzahar's Voidlings are attracted to affected units.
http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/5.15.1/img/spell/AlZaharNetherGrasp.png
#Nether Grasp Cost: 100 Mana Range:
700750
Malzahar channels the essence of the Void to suppress an enemy champion and deal damage each second.
Malzahar channels the essence of the Void to suppress target champion, dealing 250/400/550 (+130% Ability Power) Magic Damage over 2.5 seconds.
Malzahar channels the essence of the Void to suppress an enemy champion and deal damage each second.
Malzahar channels the essence of the Void to suppress target champion, dealing 350/500/650 (+100% Ability Power) Magic Damage over 3 seconds. The damage starts off low then increases the longer they are suppressed (it deals one tick of damage every .5 seconds starting at 26.6, 31.6, 41.6, 56.6, 81.6, 111.6 at rank 1). If Nether Grasp is cancelled early, a unique Frenzied Voidling will spawn for 5 seconds with 30% the stats of a normal Voidling that will only attack that specific enemy champion (it will still apply Void).
So i know there is a lot to read and i appreciate anyone who read through the entire thing. If you like me to explain any of the changes i made or why i made them, feel free to ask in the comments. I would love any feedback, even negative feedback as long as it is in the form of constructive criticism.
and plays all game without buying Null Zone because he says it doesn't deal any damage.
i don't play him but i find very odd that someone wouldn't at least buy level 1 of a spell and be with 2 spells until level 6 and the with 3 until he is forced to buy it.
as his first buy (what can i say, the guy likes mana)
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if he is forced to jungle. but has like 90% of his games as