All getting nerfed but was is the difference between Swain/Brand/Anivia vs Malz

iTaLenTZ··2 votes·527 views

Swain/Brand/Anivia

  • They can kite you to death with slows and stuns
  • They have decent winrates in all divions, except Swain
  • They can stun you first and then put their damage out

Malzahar

  • Can't kite. He has no slows and no cc except for a suppress on 100s cd that also suppresses himself and can be nullified by cc'ing him.
  • Only high winrate in bronze/silver/gold. Sucks in higher divions
  • One trick pony. If he can't kill you with his combo he is useless
  • Buy QSS and he is useless
  • He needs to hit a predictable low missile speed silence that is easy to dodge with just extra movement speed to perform his combo.
  • He doesn't have a stun to follow up to.
  • He needs 4 spells+ignite to kill you

But better nerf Malzahar.

And I believe all nerfs are undeserved. The problem is they took out the 30% reduced slow mastery out and added a keystone that is OP on DoTs. Nerf the keystone, bring back the slow resistance at lower mastery tier and problem solved.

5 Comments

Nekusen2 votes

The nerf i do agree with in this patch is Soraka 's, also, Anivia is quite powerful. And the 1 nerf im still waiting for is Yasuo 's

commit an hero2 votes

He has a 54% winrate in Plat+.

Hayaishi21 votes

Buy QSS and he is useless: No.

Needs 4 spells to kill: No

He doesn't need his Q to perform his combo, and neither is his Q the hardest skillshot to hit ever as you're implying.

Malz doesn't deserve to be nerfed (he's boring to play against and can be oppressive) but he shouldn't be nerfed, but reasons you gave which is downplaying every single one of his strengths is not the way to justify it.

BiBoX21 votes

Swain doesn't have a stun, he only has a unreliable root .

If he can't kill you with his combo he is useless

Not true. Malzahar has decent presence in teamfight and can splitpush quite fast for a mage.

He doesn't have a stun to follow up to.

Are you kidding, Malz's suppression is a better stun . Also a point and click instantly iunlike skillshots like Brand's Q or Anivia's Q

Buy QSS and he is useless

Also not true. His opponent laner may not be killed but their core items will be slowed down. In skirmishes (like Dragon contest), a suppression may be key to win (ADC or Yi/Riven is unlikely to build QSS early). And the combat/teamfight at lategame where he has 3 AoE skills along with that suppression...

Espy Psyche1 votes

Nerfing Malzahar will just make Yasuo even more toxic than he already is. Better to keep Malz strong than let Yasuo run rampant. At least you can run away from a Malzahar.

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