Am I allowed to play something besides an ADC if I queue as bot and get the role?
Would I be allowed to play malzahar instead or is it trolling?
Would I be allowed to play malzahar instead or is it trolling?
Look you can, but there's a few things to consider:
Depends if your team would be fine with it, though usually hardly ever the case.
Though only if people are as accepting as me, because I let literally anyone work with me, even if extremely off-meta.
You should be fine playing Malzahar (or anybody) bottom lane. Playing non-meta champions has never been punishable.
Quite frankly, so long as you don't steal somebody else's role (i.e. taking Malzahar Mid or Top after queuing for Bot), you should be fine.
That said, I would expect that your teammates may not react in the most positive (i.e. non-toxic) manner to such a pick.
I would recommend playing malzahar adc only with friends, but if you don't feed intentionally nor flame no one can really tell you what to play. Obviously if you get a bad score expect others to report you hard for trolling.
You can technically play anything you want...now whether or not it'll be effective and whether or not your team mates will cooperate is another thing entirely.
You can play Malzahar bot if you want. There's no rule against it. Expect people to bitch you out for it though, especially if you do poorly.
The reason it's called "Bot" instead of "ADC" is Riot hoping people can make AP champions (or fighters) work in that role. Just mention it to your team before hand.
I wouldnt because it would be less effective than a normal ADC. that being said, you most definitely can - I would just let your teammates know verbally in chat as well