Bringing attention to Malzahar.

Theorex··2 votes·312 views

Alright you guys have somehow. Out done yourselves.

Because the Q nerf is really needed.

For those of you who have not seen the changes that are currently on the PBE.

Q AP ratio is being nerfed from 80% to 65%.

Ultimate CD is being increased from 120/100/80 to 140/110/80.

This doesn't solve the problem that Malzahar has, infact its just going to solidify the problem even more.

Currently sitting, Malzahar IS A Ulti CC bot.

What does cutting his damage off of his Q do for the rest of this?

The only thing I agree with is the increase to the R CD.

But then they went ahead and increased how much it decreases by.

So instead of just increasing the CD to 140/130/120 or even 140/120/100. They left it the same at rank 3.

With this all you have done is punish malzahar players that go and land Q's in favor of those who sit back and do nothing until the ulti is up.

If you do not see the problem with malzahar being a simple CC bot for the game, then I don't know what to tell you.

Malzahar needs to have a CD of 140/130/120 on his ulti. But given damage in the rest of his kit (not talking about the useless voidlings that EVERYONE can kill with anything. Honestly that skill needs to be removed with the passive. Like seriously just give us Old Malzahar back. This whole reworking champions thing is getting real dumb real fast. Every time you rework a champion, you somehow piss off that champions player base. Make the champion overpowered then gut it and still leave the same balance issues that were present in the old kit in the new kit.)

A few example of champions that riot has completely screwed are.

Malzahar, Azir, LB, Ahri, Fizz, Syndra, Vlad, Swain, Brand, etc. I don't know about you top laners but I feel like some of you are salty as well. Mordes?

8 Comments

Deathfire1 votes

Malz is strongest once he maxes Q and has rylais... then he can just poke/zone solo carry teamfights without even using his ult, looks like a pretty well thought out nerf but what do i know i've just mained him since season 3

Theorex1 votes

Its really not even about his strength. I also mained him since season 3. I stopped playing him after the shitty rework.

Its about making his play more interactive. Majority of malzahar's I run into only flash R. When the jungler is around. There is 0 incentive to try to do anything themselves. (Then again that majority of the game anyways). Unlike almost any of the other mid laners in the game. Majority of malzahar players only pick him for the easy Flash R combo.

Deathfire1 votes

idk what that is supposed to mean... malz is far more than just a champion with a good ult

Crystalysk1 votes

They want a game where champions are interactive but they can't understand that Malzahar makes the enemy midlaner play a practice game on last hitting creeps.

Deathfire1 votes

? i stomp malzahar in lane as brand just combo him before he ults you and he dies while you're suppressed

Crystalysk1 votes

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? i stomp malzahar in lane as brand just combo him before he ults you and he dies while you're suppressed

I didn't say he has no counterplay. Besides that people who pick Malzahar don't care about midlane, all they do is push and help their jungler or roam. There is no point for a Malzahar player to play aggressive in lane, he doesn't have the interest in doing that.

z63XnLCMwX1 votes

Any nerfs to malz is welcome. Q nerf is a good call since it weakens his ability to waveclear and forces him to have more interaction

Jinzo Torrance1 votes

Looks good, Q hits a bit too hard for how safely it can be spammed late now that he has that stupid passive protecting him, they didn't nerf silence duration so it still has good utility. It will probably be too much but if everyone will go back to not play him anymore that would be great.

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