Talk:Malzahar/@comment-22964237-20130924022249/@comment-8506165-20131106022127

-No escapes

-No non-ultimate movement block

-Only one non-ultimate targeted spell, with Q having a sizeable delay and smallish hitbox and W not doing all that much unless they're forced to stay on it

-Disables himself to use his ultimate, as BIA-Kaboose mentioned

-Executes his burst relatively slowly when compared to other burst mages

-High mana costs when not getting mana back from Eing minions

And a few other things. But yeah, he's got his drawbacks. Given how glaring some of them are it's pretty reasonable for him to have a fair bit of damage to back him up, otherwise he'd simply be outclassed as a pick by almost every other mage in the game. Want someone to afk farm a lane? Morgana. Pure burst? LeBlanc, Veigar. Counterpicking a health stacker? Brand. Just picking him for the silence? Kassadin.