Talk:Malzahar/@comment-24309189-20140922041323/@comment-8468980-20141101045814

"There's a lot of ifs and buts in duels and a certain element of rock-paper-scissors, but I think to just uncritically label Ryze as "the best" because "he's a top-tier champion at Worlds at the moment and dueling is something he's good at" isn't entirely sound logic, even if the initial premises are correct."

aka, You're telling me "Your conclusions are baseless... even though you based it on reasons I agree with." I didn't say he's the best "just because Worlds". You've even mentioned you read my reasons XD come on man!

Syndra and Malz both deal a lot of high single target damage. I would say they're both stronger duelists, but remember that they absolutely need their ultis (especially Malz, who does very little 1v1 without his ulti) in order to capitulate kills. Duelists like Trynda, Vayne, Jax, etc don't neccesarily need high burst ultis to function as executions, in this respect I feel Ryze fulfills duelist mage role the best (combined with his enormously versatile builds).