I feel like Malzahar's rework failed almost as spectacularly as Mordekaiser's.

The rework intended to make him more interactive in lane since old malz used to just push waves non stop with his spreading space aids.

Now he's even worse, with a passive that nullifies any kind of aggression towards him and most of his old spell's having been nerfed in terms of damage. He revolves ENTIRELY around his Voidlings now, making him extremely gimmicky in my eyes.

Old Malzahar used to be THE lockdown mage, an Anti-dive/assassin mage, that terrorized you with visions of impending doom and the dawn of the Void's invasion.

New one's just a worse Yorick. He's a minionmancer that's just MEH in terms of his other aspects. At least Yorick has other impactful spells and has agency over his summons.

I just feel the new Malzahar's so gimmicky and unrewarding because most of his power is allocated in those annoying voidlings. He could definitely use some MAJOR work, maybe even a revert, but the best course of action would be just switching some power around and make him MORE than just a W bot.

Edit; Nothing against RiotRepertoir(?) but it seemed like he just put too much emphasis on the Voidlings. Most Malzahar players liked them but they were never an integral part of his kit but rather a byproduct of him casting his void-magic. Making them tear through the fabric and rifts in space and leak into the rift. He's the prophet of the Void, not a Broodmother!