Malzahar sheild vs Gang plank's barrel

leko bel zet ·May 8, 2016·2 votes·569 views

Hello

i was playing a game against as and i realized that when i land a barrel all the damage is negated by the shield, naturally the slow won't apply but to think that a skill shot as hard to land as Gp's barrel would be completely negated by the shield that is passively acquired and has no mechanical manipulation is in my opinion a bit too much, now i am not a game developer. so my question: is this how it was intended to work and is their any possibility it might be looked at.

thank you and please take my opinion with a grain of salt.

5 Comments

Akali is SO HOTMay 8, 20162 votes

His passive and voidlings are overpowered

Nathaniell1May 8, 20162 votes

Ye.. malz passive is brokenly OP and everyone knows that...

GhostOfTsushimaMay 8, 20162 votes

His passive need to go away ASAP

BeatzBoyFTWMay 8, 20162 votes

If Malzahar doesn't take damage for a certain amount of time (which is 23-6 seconds depending on level), he will gain 90% damage reduction & crowd control immunity.

Imo in playing GP, treat Malz's passive as Yasuo's, such that you should Q him to remove the passive, and then hit him with your barrel.

leko bel zet May 11, 20161 votes

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If Malzahar doesn't take damage for a certain amount of time (which is 23-6 seconds depending on level), he will gain 90% damage reduction & crowd control immunity.

Imo in playing GP, treat Malz's passive as Yasuo's, such that you should Q him to remove the passive, and then hit him with your barrel.

you are right and i tried it in lane but still the impact early game is substantial on the lanning phase since landing a GP barrel is almost intierly dependent on the element of surprise if you walk up to Q and remove the shield ; to a good malz player its a clear sign to play passive until the shield comes back and in the early phase the barrels have high cool down and and longer ticks so they would just farm with w from away. if you zone with barrels they can also stay away and do the same.

the reason for landing a GP barrel is because they try to cs when you have a zoning barrel in the minion wave then you chain and Q but everything about malz's kit counters that.

now with that being said my objection is not to the fact that its a counter but rather to the fact that there is no skill required for the counter and the cost is almost abysmal to the malz player if i can't hit the barrel then i zone but does not work with this guy.

so a GP barrel arguably one of if not the hardest skill shot to land in the game is countered by merely existing in the game is in my opinion ubseen and frustrating to play against.