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Malzahar can ... do everything. Huh.

Onwodori··3 votes·664 views

EDIT -- I failed to talk about how Malzahar can do anything. That was supposed to be a question. Mid, duh, Jungle, Yup, Support, pretty good -- Top and ADC? Does that work at all? Cheers.

Hey there, Master Fledgling here!

So I finally took the advice of a wise Riot employee and took up Malzahar. Namely, AD Malzahar Midland and AP/Movespeed Malzahar Support.

And it all works -- SOMEHOW. Anyways, I wanted a smidgen of wisdom when it comes to both. AD Malzahar is DESTROYING games in ways that I don't understand how it's not meta or Riot doesn't nerf it, my core build looking something like this:

item 3723 item 3004 item 3158 and usually then item 3142 for maxed out CDR, good AD and chasing power. After that I go either tankyish and movement withitem 3102 item 3742 item 3512 all of these either preserving me from CC or just generally helping me scoot around the map.

Support I need more help with I figure. With item 3092 disabled, I build item 3069 item 2045 item 3020 and that serves as a pretty decent core. From there, since I am not in it do deal damage, I like to throw in CDR and even more movement (Because silencing a group for 3 seconds and locking some sucker down for 2.5 at a distance is helpful regardless of my stats.)

item 3023 item 2053 item 3742 item 3800 all have made sense thus far, but then I truly am just for support. Is it better to chase down people or should I try to have some damage? I know it's not all black and white, but face checking ANY Malzahar can be a deadly mistake.

Thanks and rito don't nerf my AD hoodie ninja, (Although a time remaining on the Voidlings and Pokemon themed 'Bug Catcher Malzahar' would be MUCH appreciated)

-MF

6 Comments

Onwodori1 votes

Why do people mark me down so much? =/ I am not advocating for crazy, inane strategies, like 5 man bot lanes. I'd at least like to know why.

Amelie2 votes

I don't know man, I think they just don't like builds/ideas that aren't absolutely optimal in their eyes.

AD Malzahar does indeed work, and can be highly underestimated. I used to support my friend playing ADC Malz, it was good times.

Best in the game? No. Good players will punish AD Malz hard (especially if he jungles). But seeing voidlings tear up people is pretty funny.

As for supporting, it's probably best to just build straight mage if you can get away with it. Or something like Rylai/Liandry combo for more utility and tank shredding.

Sona Ping1 votes

Why do people mark me down so much?

You mean you got down-voted? That must be because Malazahar is terrible champion, and especially AD Malzahar is terrible, and no one should buy him and no one should play him and make him popular. Because you also did terrible and lost all your games, Right?

https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F3c%2F7b%2Ff2%2F3c7bf2f8350b84510d744917d3f8a437.jpg&f=1 Right?

7ha7guy7772 votes

I agree. Building black cleaver, lucidity boots, and manamune is a terrible idea on Malzahar. 40% cdr is completely useless on a champion with cooldowns that long. He can't possibly benefit from that. Voidlings can't possible shred armor rapidly due to their set attack speed or large numbers due to spell spam. Exhaust is also awful on ad malzahar and makes him the worst duelist in the game.

Their Jungler1 votes

Meth, not even once

Onwodori1 votes

I ... I can't tell if you guys are actually telling me to not play, or being ironic.

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