Talk:VPBE/@comment-1468054-20151201095452/@comment-3463132-20151204020142

Makes sense really, Malzahar was already one of- if not THE- best 1v1 champions the game had to offer. The new masteries brought all sorts of bonuses to ramp up his damage into ludicrous levels, last time I played him I was murdering people with just an E+R combo.

Deathfire was the main culprit, but the other masteries helped push it slightly too far.

The one that gives you extra damage to cc'd targets? Malz forces you to take extra damage from all his abilities for his entire ult and unless you have a QSS you are going to take it.

And there's another one that makes you deal extra damage to enemies under 40% health, something that Malz easily accomplishes.