Does this have to do with his Win Rate? because only 4% of people play Malzahar statistically speaking. I rarely ever see this champion.
Ever since the mastery changes and removal of CD's + Mana pots , you have been destroying mages one by one. I wasnt EXPECTING you guys to nerf Malzahar but now I have a feeling Zyra will be next.
Why are you destroying mid lane? Focus on champions like 
who need to be nerf'd.
EcchiOtakuTM4 votesNeither of those 2 champs need nerfing and neither does malz/brand/swain they should have just nerfed the Deathfire Touch mastery instead they want to nerf it and champs who use it (It's basically Sejuani and WW all over again)
THESuperStuntMan2 votesYeah, unfortunately, the next patch looks like a lot of random nerfs to low-played champions: Skarner, Malzahar, Swain and buffs to a lot of hated champions: Riven, Nidalee for apparently no justification except winrate (which, by itself, is not a good gauge of champion strength).
pE4CbxDPQO1 votesYeah, unfortunately, the next patch looks like a lot of random nerfs to low-played champions: Skarner, Malzahar, Swain and buffs to a lot of hated champions: Riven, Nidalee for apparently no justification except winrate (which, by itself, is not a good gauge of champion strength).
you gotta buff the lcs big play champions
Emperor Cynric2 votesMages are still strong as ever, especially the DOT ones, like Malzahar. I have yet to see a problem with any mage.
Blood Mefist2 votesWell its not like they nerfed anything too serious. -2% max Hp damage at max rank, sure, whatever. Then there's poor 
who had his root duration nerfed as opposed to a bit of damage, now that hurts.
KoKoboto1 votesI don't even understand this nerf man, the one to Swain's W made sense because it was pretty much just a 1 point wonder But this is so freaking out of nowhere WTF RITOOO
SaltyKracka1 votesOh boo boo, it's not as effective against tanks at max rank anymore.
Did anybody even level it second?
BakedLotion1 voteslol they're nerfing the champions that dont even have a problem
LaoBushido1 votesThe Nerf is not all that taxing, for those who don't know Malzahar
Null Zone (W) damage lowered to 4/4.5/5/5.5/6% of max health per second from 4/5/6/7/8%
it barely even affect any of his early to mid game he will still be has strong before
the 5% cdr is still there if you chose to play it on malz then you can in joy a E space aids with a 3.85 cd and also because of his e malz never need mana pots in the first place
7ha7guy7772 votesThe nerf is significant at 18 (-36 DPS per 1800 hp champion hit). However, W is typically maxed last and games are short enough that in the majority of games where Malz is not super fed he won't be above level 15 when the game ends. Considering typical nerfs are 0/-5/-10/-15/-20 damage, a nerf of up to 180 damage at max rank (-25% current base damage) is pretty massive on paper.
4NoxiousHours1 votesI'm tired of Riot nerfing champions that have helped me get out of certain ranks.
Sion helped me got out of silver before his nerfs and malzahar is helping me get out of gold.