Talk:Malzahar/@comment-87.120.65.203-20120422074239/@comment-77.236.25.91-20120422222613

QSS is not that bad. It removes only the suppression part, not the damage. Plus it is not likely for all enemy champs to get it. Plus it is kinda waste of slot and money for i.e. AD carry to get it only to be partially protected from you. Plus most people with ~1300 elo will (I guess so) just stick to their fixed builds and won`t even think about QSS as a counter. Plus you can still get a lot of kills on your lane and during early/mid game ganks before they start to build it. So you dont have to get all sick about this item, good Malzahar is still viable with this in game. Just position yourself more carefully and remember to check their builds

My typical build is Sorcerers, RoA, Rabadon, then depends (Rylai, Morello, Deathfire, Abyssal, Zhonya, Void Staff - whichever fits my current situation). Generally, you benefit enormously from AP (even more than a typical mid carry), as all your skills have a great scaling.

I level R>E>Q>W, although sometimes I get more points in Q early if I gank a lot and enemies are not very agile

Standard pre-6 lane move is to summon a voidling, stay still for about 10-12 seconds and then go to 1vs1 with the enemy, initiating with E. This little thing does amazing damage at early levels and pretty much can take 1/3 of their hp just by few hits. After 6 I try to land W+R in addition to above, which usually means a kill if successful.

If fighting 1vs1, dont cast your ulti without having a grown voidling aimed at the target (unless you are absoutely sure the enemy will die or you have no other choice). This piece of physical damage from voidling is usually exactly what you need to secure the kill, and what your enemy usually doesnt expect. This advice doesnt apply to ganks/teamfights, of course.

Try to have your voidling present when pushing a tower. Spam skills randomly to summon it, if needed. And dont distract it by using E on incoming minions - you want it to focus the tower and push like a truck.

Wow, that`s a lot of talk :P I hope you will have a great fun with my favourite champ :D