Talk:Malzahar/@comment-5211662-20141120041842/@comment-5211662-20141201034135

Well, Malzahar isn't just a supression machine. Maybe that's why he is an underused champion, people look at him and just see his ult, and how it is countered by QSS. Then, they look at his lack of mobility. Thogether these two make people look at him as if he was an unviable champion.

The thing is, Malzahar is much more than a supression machine.

His Call of the Void can turn the tables during teamfights if used correctly; in addition to having very high base damage and scalings, so it is an extremely effective means of poking your enemy, especially since it is an AoE spell.

His Null Zone is a reliable way of doing damage to your enemies. Also, it completely destroys bruisers and tanks.

Malefic Visions, when combined with Call of the Void, makes Malzahar extremely effective at tower siege, and ironically, at countering tower sieges (you just can't push if there is a Malzahar on the enemy team, unless you push a different lane).

If you are experienced with Malzahar, you learn that he is one of the very few champions, or peharps the only champion that can push the lane and stay safe at his tower. This is extremely effective if your opponent is a LeBlanc, for example.

Malzahar lacks mobility? Yes, unfortunately. This is a problem; however, if Malzahar were to have mobility, he would probably be the most broken champion in the game. Be thankful he has no mobility, as that means not everyone can use Malzahar to its full potential. Only people who are already used to play Malzahar will know how to circumvent his lack of mobility (for example, I usually use movspeed quintessences and rush HP-AP items and Zhonya).

Malzahar's ult is countered by QSS? Yes, unfortunately [2]. The thing is, QSS, even after the buffs, is still expensive as hell; if enemies are rushing it, this means they are delaying their build, and they can't buy items that would otherwise be better choices, for example, for ADCs; a lifesteal item or a Last Whisper. This is even worse if the enemy is using an AP champion, as QSS can only be upgraded to an AD item, and this item is a complete waste to them aside from removing suppresion, they don't want to rush QSS. In other words, Malzahar forces the enemy to buy an item that he would not want to buy on most situations.

On top of that, a good Malzahar knows that he should bait an enemy's QSS before using Nether Grasp, or at least make him so low on health that Nether Grasp's damage will kill the enemy anyway. You may say that the magic resistance will reduce Malzahar's damage, but this is so easy to solve with a simple Void Staff.