Talk:Malzahar/@comment-95.136.81.95-20121013142750

People here are very hyperbolic and that makes their comments silly and unreasonable.

QSS counters Malzahar!!!: No it doesn't. Not if you are smart anyway. Unless you are dealing with a gigantic counter mid (Kassadin and Galio come to mind), which has high base damage and bad base scalings (In which case, why are you playing Malzahar against an hard counter?), a QSS will make them 1500 gold behind their build. He can exploit this to free farm and push (something he is really good at) and gank, saving his ulti for the carry, or simply free harrass by placing a E in the minions, and trying to make it jump to mid (if he is smart, he will stay outside of range, meaning less farm for him and you push more, giving a chance to gank). If you want to kill, let them push and ask for a gank. Malzahar synergizes with High CC junglers, like Mao or Naut. Wait for them to use QSS to avoid certain death from the jungler's CC, then flash + Ulti = kill. If they used flash, congrats. You just gained an advantage. Use it to gank.

Malzahar is a single target nuker!!! No teamfight presence!!!: What? Just... what? An AOE, heavy damaging, high scaling silence and a percentage health AOE skill is not enough? Not to mention a DoT super high damage tool which alone can bring a carry to half health. If you decide to be smart and go all in on the fucker, with your bruiser/jungler/tank initiating, you can not only kill him but spread the E to another target, meaning a great deal of damage.

His ulti is useless in teamfights!! OMFG WHY AM I ALWAYS DYING?: Because you are doing it wrong. His ulti is not to be used on the carry. Weird, I know, but it's true. His damage is deceptive, and you won't be able to use it if you die. The best use of it is as a counter-initiation tool. After the initator tries to come in, ulti, but do NOT focus him. Instead, have your team focus the carry, then you can swoop in and E then. BAM, you just bought a kill and 2 seconds free of CC to your team. It is also very useful post teamfight, to catch runners.

People think Malzahar is weak, and they are somewhat correct. They are wrong, however, on the reasons. He is more teamcomp reliant than others, and most of his big plays depend on his team. So I wouldn't advice using him in low ELO, because of the lack of both. He is, however, very powerful by himself when the player is smart, and a beast when mastered.