Talk:Malzahar/@comment-24309189-20140922041323/@comment-8468980-20141017071753

"Ryze probably won't be packing DFG, that alone makes "easily the strongest" a bit questionable imo. 4 seconds of damage amp is a lot, even if it does disproportionately benefit bursters who'll do their whole combo in ~1s."

I do not understand why that would reduce his standings in a good duelist build. He gets to build as tanky as he wants and will machine gun you to death if you get in range. His bizarre mana scaling lets him get damage from items normal mages don't build, and his passive let him spam his primary direct cast damage and CC spells. His ulti lets him book it to your position, and recover any hp he loses. He is exetremely popular at worlds for these reasons.