Talk:Malzahar/@comment-5160958-20131129013139/@comment-8468980-20131130180332

good early items: Chalice and HG, sorc boots, and rod or wand. AND WARDS.

if you get early feed, you should try to complete hourglass, RoA, or DC. AND WARDS.

If you don't get early feed, you should complete Athene's and whittle your way to DC or Hourglass, then Void. OH HEY, BIG WARDS.

I haven't tried the new Wota but my guess is that it's probably not going to be core on Malz. Probably just useful for sustaining in lane against a bad matchup due to the extremely low AP value. Who knows, it has virtually no cost so maybe it's darkhorse OP.

Rylai's isn't a good rush item on malz. It's build path has nothing but basic items as opposed to other items that grant a wider variety of stats. It's not a bad mid or late game item, but rushing it over most other choices isn't wise.

To reduce malz's vulnerability to ganks, make sure river is warded on both sides.