Talk:Ryze/@comment-24496127-20151101060816/@comment-24496127-20151102045600

It's not a matter of them knowing or not, it's a matter of them not picking Ryze and picking someone else that Malzahar would struggle against. I think he has more matches that would go badly than in his favor when it comes to top lane, and if you just pick Malzahar every game in hopes you go against Ryze...well, I guess that's a valid option. Assuming your top laner is willing to swap if you were going to go mid, or your mid laner is willing to swap if you were going to go top. But the latter could lead to some pretty bad team comps in general if both of you pick ap mids.