Talk:Malzahar/@comment-33536623-20150214121643/@comment-3463132-20150216201709

It's supposed to be risky. Malzahar is probably the best duelist in LoL- or at the very least a contender for the Top 3. He can also have a massive prescence in a teamfight since he has an AoE silence, a pool that deals %maximum health damage, and possibly a DoT that will outlive Malz himself.

Each suppression champion uses their suppress for a different purpose:

Urgot swaps with his enemy, gaining bonus armor and MR for doing so and becoming tankier while ensuring his enemy has a harder time running away.

Skarner's job is to run up to an enemy and drag them, kicking and screaming, back to his team.

Warwick's job is to chase down a fleeing target and hold them still for his team to finish.

And Malzahar's job to is keep an enemy close to him and in his dots so he can murder them.

He needs weaknesses in order for Riot not to bring the Nerfhammer onto him. With the exception of Skarner, none of the suppress champs can move during their ults, that's because suppress is CC that can't be reduced. There must be counterplay.