Talk:Malzahar/@comment-24496127-20160526154131/@comment-7463332-20160912040833

Well, it is killing something, and you are diverting damage from, say, the actual minion wave or Malzahar himself to get the voidlings off you. And you only get the gold if you don't take the easy way out and just run under tower. Anyhow, voidlings aren't exactly designed as poke. They're for doing a ton of damage in longer engagements. In your specific case against Azir, think about what he has to do to clear Voidlings off himself: he has to move soldiers onto himself or spawn one there, both taking a ton of damage off of Malz, and furthermore if you've silenced him beforehand he can't even do those things. If you've silenced him, dumped your voidlings on him, and then ulted him... well, he's just dead. If you're getting your voidlings cleared for gold, ask yourself why your opponent is more focused on your voidlings than you, and either fighting you or getting away from you.