Talk:Malzahar/@comment-66.229.119.98-20130130041026/@comment-69.141.8.150-20130201154822

"That's also assuming your enemy doesn't have substantial MR."

This goes without saying for all of Malz's damage, what's your point?

"What if Nether Grasp is on CD? I highly doubt your enemy would simply stand upon it for its maximum duration."

Then you use W for lane pushing to kick down towers in a blink. Punishing roaming assassins is one of, if not, Malz's best strength in this evolving mid meta.

Q does have great damage, but it's Malz's only line of defense against opponents that can close the gap on him. Trying to use that to harass is putting up a red flag that you're a free target for the next couple of seconds. It's a defensive tool or one to set up his W/E/R combo.