Mage update is so UNBALANCED
Malzhar Needs a big Nerf >:( OP as fudge when going AD which is annoying 
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The only problems I really have with the mage update, is the new items (all the actives except GLP feel very weak), the drags, brand and annie, and the herald.
Other than GLP, i find almost no reasoning behind building rocketbelt or the gunblade, the stats of rocketbelt are good, but it's such a short and quick dash with very little damage, I think kindred's Q is faster and lunges further than it. If rocketbelt went over walls it's be good but it's just so weak feeling on that active..
The drags especially, feel very ridiculous.. I'm glad ocean drake is getting nerfed but cloud drake is almost useless, mountain drake is basically riot's way of saying "oh yea we nerfed turrets instead of buffing them", and infernal is just way too much damage on second or third stack, I feel like a lot of my games were won/lost strictly on who got the first noncloud drag.
Brand was stupid broken before, he just struggled in the tank meta if you survived long enough to stack mr, buffing him was a huge mistake. We all know how balanced annie was right? Buffing her is clearly the smartest decision right?
Herald feels... actually kinda lame. Yes it's an auto win if your top laner gets it, but I think I liked the old herald better, it had more utility to the team, and was much easier to get/contest. Sure the buff didn't last long, but getting herald still gave global gold and a little pushing power, heck even to bot or mid lane if your jungler took it and ran there. I loved soloing herald and running to bot lane, it didn't instantly win lane but it provided the pressure that a buff should provide, rather than outright never losing a 1v1 trade. I'd rather have something I can give the team global gold with, and get a few times through the game with short duration, than the current never respawning, hard to contest, auto win herald right now.
Malz is getting nerfed on PBE. Quite a lot actually. Almost every ability being nerfed by a lot, and mana cost going up too.
Why do people keep complaining.. it literally just came out ... OF COURSE ITS GOING TO BE UNBALANCED, just be patient until next 1-2 patch's when they "balance" things out more.