Banner of Command on Malzahar? Yay or Nay (explanations plz)

5G8Nri0B54·Nov 23, 2014·1 votes·2,223 views

On one hand, it provides a number of stats he can make great use of and boosts his Voidlings so that they actually do damage late game.

On the other hand, Voidling AI is finnicky as hell and sometimes they spend the entire fight pacing between Malz and the enemy like it's running a marathon. Plus as it doesn't scale off AP, it's not his main damage he's boosting, but rather a part of his Passive that sometimes works and sometimes...is just there as a joke.

8 Comments

HowldoomNov 24, 20142 votes

Post-4.20, the Banner no longer increases the damage minions do, but now has the Legion aura from Aegis Shield (more MR and +75% base health regen), plus using it on a lane minion makes said minion MUCH stronger than the old Promote did.

SO... Malz's minions are no longer buffed by this item. But I like it in mid lane still, for that pushing power when you use it on a Cannon minion

BlueharlequinNov 23, 20141 votes

As a big Malzahar player I honestly don't think it's worth it. Especially with the way they've changed it. If you want to make the voidlings strong go AD Malz and even that is a hit or miss type of build.

5G8Nri0B54Nov 23, 20141 votes

Makes you question their decision to make them scale off a stat that only a troll would build...

BlueharlequinNov 24, 20141 votes

AD Malz is actually strong when done correctly. I've done it a few times and enjoyed it. However is definitely not meta nor the best option.

MuchashcaNov 24, 20141 votes

The problem is that it's extremely vulnerable when you have no voidlings up, even useless. In any elo above silver, people will know this and either nuke your voidlings or wait until they die to engage.

BlueharlequinNov 25, 20141 votes

Very true. It's a fun build but I'd never play it in ranked. It's definitely for normals with some friends.

HalloweenDeathNov 23, 20141 votes

Didn't they remove the aura? I don't think it works with pets anymore.

ThubanNov 24, 20141 votes

Though Malzahar was fun to troll build Banner of Command, post-4.20 still has it's uses. I mean, a beefed up minion in addition to voidling could be trouble. But I haven't played with the new version yet.