Malzahar MS and Attack Range Nerf

Completely ridiculous that they're doing this.

Buying MR and/or not insta-locking Yasuo requires too much thinking, I guess.

"But-but-but my Bjergsen guide forces me to run CDR blues!"

I have no problem with that. I will still continue playing him. In fact, it will make my games better as I will not feel being to op.

Malzahar is a powerful mage but with no escape. Swain is another good example of those mages that needs a nerf.

It makes him significantly less safe during his laning, which is an acceptable weakness for him. If his shield gets proced (which can happen quite easily), then he should be vulnerable. By lowering his auto range, you give enemies more chances to pop his shield for free, and you give them more chances to punish him when it is down.

They had been considering majorly nerfing his W instead. This seems like a better option.

Because in Diamond, Malzahar has a 55% win rate. That is 5% higher than what you would expect with a balanced champion, and he is in fact the highest win rate in the game at the moment.

Sauce: https://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.winPercent&order=descend