Talk:Malzahar/@comment-75.36.241.190-20110429015538/@comment-3457312-20110502150207

Weird, I have differing opinion than previous responses. I've played Malz a many but Kassadin only once or twice so that may have some bearing. IMO, Malz is easier to learn; he's pretty straight foward. Assemble whatever AP items that fit well against the enemy composition and from there on it's pretty much timing your Q and W+R combo fast enough to compliment eachother.

Kassadin, for me, I could see how he would need a bit more practice to stompface in games. Also, the Kassadins I've played with play with a roaming assassin mindset and thus, on average, nets more kills than Malz. Of course, I have done and seen, Malz get more kills than Kass but the general trend is that Kass seems to do it more often and this could be credited to the fact that Kass doesn't rely on a long CD ult like Malz does. But of course, kills aren't everything and the reason I play Malz is I like what Malz brings to teamfights. Though, Kass himself certainly brings his own strengths to teamfights I just like Malz' playstyle more.

TL;DR, Malz, straightfoward powerhouse AP caster and Kass, a more timing sensitive champ but can net more average kills.