Talk:Malzahar/@comment-83.6.7.42-20121211192759/@comment-4922088-20121212103034

Thanks to the new item Liandry's Torment last game I literally broke 20% per second on W. That item is insane on him, especially if you have Rylai's as one of your main items since slows double the damage from the item.

As to malz and late game issues, yeah... lack of cc it's one of his big problems, especailly in this current meta where people love CC in mid. He does have the strongest AoE silence in game however and fighting dps mages like Orianna or Ryze it lets him completely shut them down for quite a large chunk of time.

Malz is better left off a team though if you don't have other champions to rely on to peel off of allies. On the other hand he's great if you do have someone like Leona/Malphite since they can really help him land spells easier.