Talk:Malzahar/@comment-206.45.178.8-20110513123535/@comment-3457312-20110516145753

I don't think he's balanced, or at least neither OP nor UP.

Very skilled Malz players just make it seem like he's OP only because they know his abilities require more than just clicking mindlessly toward victory. I don't doubt he has very strong AP ratios, but his Q and W require a certain kind of timing you develop from playing LoL over time and, sure, they do truckloads of damage if they land but that's if they do. Also, keep in mind his cooldowns aren't superior so he requires judicious usage of his abilities as well. And if you think about it, his Q is his only burst move. Granted, he can combof**k you to the graveyard, but it's not like he can spam this combo to the point of being OP. Lastly, as people have said before, escaping sucks.

And he's not UP either, as I said he can pull of surprising amounts of damage in teamfights if he knows how to time his Q, knows where to place his W, knows who to place his E on and knows absolutely when it would be best to suppress a champion with his ult. If you just dabble into a team fight clicking everywhere like you're playing drunk minesweeper then of course your damage output will be laughable. And his E's DoT is absolutely not weak, just seems weak because it's not a burst. 320 base with a .8 AP ratio? As for the Sash, I'm going to make a separate new comment since I see it being talked about a lot.