Talk:Malzahar/@comment-5160958-20131129013139/@comment-5160958-20140119221139

one reason lux isn't as big a bully is mana. a full rotation will take half her mana at early levels. She can't do enough damage to justify using her skills for just harrass because she doesn't fo enough damage for the mana. Of course, optimized combos are more mana efficient, but then they are much easier to avoid as well. Most importantly, avoiding lux's snare (which is the skill that will result in an optimized passive ultilization) involves putting 2 minions between you and lux...which puts you in a perfect place to last hit.

This is in direct contract to malz who's harrass skill e is avoided by staying AWAY from your minions, making if difficult for you to last hit and "bullying" you away from aquiring gold. Even better, the actual application of harrass damage doesn't require any input of mana from malz, unless he's casting e directly on the enemy (a possibility which further zones the enemy, as you can't dodge it, you need to stay out of range). The e also become a zoning threat whenever you can keep it jumping. If you know what you're doing, that's at level 3 when you put the second point in e. The real zoning comes from your voidling, not the e damage itself.