Talk:Malzahar/@comment-3093118-20111002043252/@comment-70.31.14.178-20111002172321

Combined ratios are 3.7+0.01% of opponent max HP/sec (which is about 0.1 to 0.4 depending on enemy health, and definitely 0.2 at least lategame). This is rather difficult to achieve, and a large chunk (2.1) is single target, while another (1.6) is very hard to land. But potentially 4.2 or more single target facemelt over ult duration. That's better burst ratio than Anivia (2+0.25/sec), Annie(2.15+0.2/sec+0.2/autoattack), Brand (2.5 + up to 1.0 more from Conflag bounces, which are rare), though perhaps not Cass (1.8 (2s of Miasmia ticks after they leave, Noxious Blast, Petrifying Gaze)+1.25/s (Miasmia and two twin fangs) with a 2s stun and a pretty decent slow, so she can keep sustaining Twin Fangs if the target tries to run after that). A full fiddles ult+drain is 4.5, though you really shouldn't let that happen. Karthus has sustained damage of around 0.85/s if you're getting hit by Q while in Defile, but again, that has some counterplay. Kat can get 3.6 total with a full Lotus channel, Rumble can get 4.3 (+0.3 per autoattack) if his opponent stands in his ult for the full duration and he times his overheat. Tanking a full Nunu ult and snowball has an alarming 3.5 ratio, for a fairly large AOE and being instantaneous from bush. Swain can get 3.68 over 4 seconds (+0.2/s after that) with a perfect combo. No one else has ratio totals really worth considering. I'd argue Cass's combo is slightly stronger than Malz's. She has slightly weaker laning mana sustain, and her total burst is probably lower as 6, if only because of Voidlings, but her mobility is much better, and in an ongoing fight, she can do a lot more damage. If you only count single applications of each ability, and assume effects are over a 2.5 second duration, then Malz has the highest AP ratios, at 4.2-4.7. If you allow abilities to last their full durations, Rumble can get 5.2 with autoattacks and his passive, and Fiddles gets 4.95-5.85 depending on crow bounces, though both of those are pretty avoidable with blinks.