Hey SilverSquid, seems like Malzahar is heading down the same path as Karma. Nerfing solo lane rather than nerfing/fixing the support lane. A lot of people are upset by this and seeing all the feedback has a striking resemblance of what Karma has been going through, from Mid laner rebalanced into a Support, with a dedicated small fanbase before even the rework, Riot not understanding his complex identitiy, and "experiment with changes until it works" while ignoring Malzahar Mains' advise as to how to handle the situation.
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Remember when Malzahar was a niche anti assassin mage mid laner played by a small but dedicated base of fans with favorable match ups into many of Riot's clear favorites like Yasuo but even or bad match ups into long range poke mages. Remember that? Remember also when Malzahar could be played in the jungle as an AD mage that scaled into a split pusher that specialized in melting towers by swarming voidlings, with a high skill floor but rewarding ceiling? Remember that?
Last tweet by David Capurro in May "Probably hotfixing Malzahar tomorrow. Is he OP in mid lane as well? Or mostly in the jungle?"
lol, truly a job well done. Just give it up, David Capurro has long forgotten who Malzahar even is, the only people who care are the handful of Malzahar players that were there since before the rework, praying he wouldn't fuck him up like they did 3/4 "juggernauts" and watching as Riot's neurotic balance team fumbled again and again trying to fix David Capurro's mistakes while he was hiding in a corner somewhere preparing to rework the assassins (good work there too lmao).
This seems like a really good topic and time for you to bring up another post on Karma. I also learned some interesting things that could also be used for Karma in what Riot seems to be doing wrong, definitely something worth looking into and take a few notes for later.
Another thing I wanted to bring up people seem to be arguing that Karma was never a mid laner to begin with and was always considered a support (there are people arguing that she is a mid laner). I really hope this doesn't effect Karma in the future, but I am glad people are arguing that she is a mid laner utility mage.
Link to one of the discussions if you're interested in checking it out.
http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/i1OpWsbE-malzahar-nerfs-need-to-be-made-to-support-malz-only?comment=0005000100000000
I know this is an old thread, but it may seem that my conclusion of what Riot thinks may have some truth to it and it may not be a misinterpretation. One of my fear may be coming true where the community is starting to believe Karma is a support rather than a mid laner (of course we went over the "class isn't the same as a role" topic, but you know what I mean by this). I do believe this is just from Riot's "advertising" Karma as such, which is what I believe is making people change their opinion of what Karma should be played as.
support.
is a jungler... some maybe they give them back their proper roles at the same time...