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Cant Climb, anyone take a look for me?

stabbycrabs··1 votes·1,373 views

Hi All

i cant seem to climb past silver and i am looking for some help to focus on my gameplay as that's pretty much the only bit under my control.

I play one trick malzahar mid almost every game. and i normally do ok. I am not a pro player so i make mistakes but in general if i die more than 2-3 times during laning i am having a really bad game

things i struggle with are

  • My early game mana is awful, until i get my 1st item i am a non entity
  • I don't think i am agressive enough early, i prefer to play safe, hit 200 farm and then start some serious harass.
  • My roaming could take some work. i struggle with this as most of the time recently my bot and top lanes have pushed right out and theres no point roaming
  • Feeders. once the team feeds, and this has happened a lot i tend to get obliterated by the fed champ as i cant kite or escape well enough
  • Frustration, i have dropped from s3 to S5 with a constant stream of losses usually when 1-2 players just all out feed. i know it's supposed to be random but i guess i am tilted enough to come and write this
  • Juggernauts mundo, nasus, darius etc just ignore my entire rotation walk through it, catch me and then kill me. any specific pointers on those would be really appreciated

Are there any malza mains or higher elo players that can look at my build, CS etc and give me pointers to wipe the salt away with?

9 Comments

Wublerdude1 votes

Build against the enemy team, see which person(s) are fed and try to build against that is my best advice to give you. As a jungler I don't play mid, but I do know that building right helps a lot. If you're building the same items every game (even if out of order) it can cost you. Try to roam at level 6 with malz and get bot/dragon, that will help your team stay slightly more ahead, As Mountain drake can help your team secure rift, Baron, and more dragons, Infernal will help your team win trades, Ocean will help your team play safer, and wind drake will allow them to escape ganks a little easier. Be nice to anyone that dies, even if they are mean, being nice can have an untilting effect on people which will help them relax, play safer, and not ragequit. say WP! if you die or your team gets a kill, its little things like that, that can have a good impact on your team, Dont trust your team to listen to pings,(If they do thats good tho) talk in chat about where the jungler was seen, if your laner is missing, or if dragon is free because of jungler top and yours is bot.

This is all I can offer you, hope this helps at least a little :D

stabbycrabs1 votes

thx. i do try the being nice thing and you are right it has a positive effect on the game, most of the time flamers stop if they realise not everyone is going to jump on the losing player

LeftyRaydy1 votes

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If you're building the same items every game (even if out of order) it can cost you.

This is not necessarily true for mid lane (unless you are up against an opressive laner AKA Leblanc I would not recommend building against your laner). Most times you will build the same like 90% of the time. because this games items need to be expanded especially on the AP side you are going to build the same most of the time. if you go up against a team with high HP and resistances better have Liandries Rylias, morello, voidstaff if you are going against a team with no tank forget voidstaff and pick up rabadons instead. other than that you are really going to build the same.

Wublerdude1 votes

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This is not necessarily true for mid lane (unless you are up against an opressive laner AKA Leblanc I would not recommend building against your laner). Most times you will build the same like 90% of the time. because this games items need to be expanded especially on the AP side you are going to build the same most of the time. if you go up against a team with high HP and resistances better have Liandries Rylias, morello, voidstaff if you are going against a team with no tank forget voidstaff and pick up rabadons instead. other than that you are really going to build the same.

I meant more on the defensive side, like banshees, merc treads, hourglass, something to help team fight if assassins are a problem

LeftyRaydy1 votes

well assassins should not be a problem vs Malzahar. he gets a free Banshees from passive and he can insta ult on any engaging assassin. Malz should be work on deleting 1 enemy so it makes it a 4 v 5 that is his job as anything else in a team fight is not going to work out well for him.

Wublerdude1 votes

Whats stopping AD assassins(Khazix, Master yi, Rengar Etc) from getting QSS and just blue smiting malz to get rid of his shield, Qss the ult and kill him anyway?

LeftyRaydy1 votes

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Whats stopping AD assassins(Khazix, Master yi, Rengar Etc) from getting QSS and just blue smiting malz to get rid of his shield, Qss the ult and kill him anyway?

nothing except they have to get QSS and that isnt till probably 3rd or 4th item so they would have to be pretty far ahead or this would be really late game.

LeftyRaydy1 votes

Hmm Imo Malzahar you are just hoping/expecting to win his lane and then ult the biggest threat in team fights later on. he is a safe lane push after level like 5 , but can be easily ganked when aggressive because of the lack of escapes. If you really want a bigger effect on the game pick a more mobile champion. one of the things I love to do in low ELO games in ward enemy junglers red or blue camp (which ever is the one they did not start)after i push the first minion wave. then once you see them going for their buff and weak kill them and you get a double buff to beat your laner like a small child and really get ahead. usually low elo doesnt react to this quickly enough and you get a free kill. For advanced stuff I would have to see your gameplay, but malzahar is very one directional and predictable thus they enemy knows exactly what you will try to do or will do in team fights.

stabbycrabs1 votes

to be fair in general i dont have an issue with assasins, if i get a yi/khazix etc jungle i can usually lock them down. if my ult is on cooldown i am pretty cautious about not overextending. if they build QSS i build zhonya's and give them aids and crabs and proc my invunerability till they die

If i get an irelia/garen/mundo i a in trouble as they will just ignore the tower and come and get me.

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