Talk:Malzahar/@comment-5426276-20130727031538

I wonder if Malzahar could be a support. His kit is strong even without a lot of gold: high base damage values, utility in the form of the longest silence and suppression in the game, and a free minion-thing every 4 spell casts. Could probably be built similar to support Elise: support items + magic pen.

Not only that, but his E synergizes with a lane partner: "If the target dies during this time, the target passes Malefic Visions to the closest enemy, refreshing the duration and restoring mana to Malzahar." So you could just cast E and have your carry last hit the minion right before it dies, giving you back mana and letting your E jump to the next minion to be last-hit.

He might have mana issues without an RoA though; but doubling up on Philo + Chalice could help that.