Talk:Malzahar/@comment-25715295-20141219182026/@comment-3463132-20141223231447

Depends on the role you want a champion for, and how good you are at landing weird skillshots:

Mid- Malzahar

Malzahar's trouble was never his kill potential, just his auto-push techniques. Learn to use your visions and voidling to CS for you and you'll be fine. After 6 just stroll up to the enemy laner and kill them. Against assassins like Akali, Kat, Zed and Talon, Malzahar works beautifully if you can get ahold of them. Lee Sin is mobile as hell but he can't 100-0 them like Malz does, few champions can. You'll be safer in-lane, but your teamfight prescense is much less.

Jungle- Lee Sin

Malzahar jungle can be done, however, it relies slightly on luck and voidling targetting- both of which have been known to fail from time to time. Lee Sin is a much more reliable pick for this role. His mobility let's him gank from unexpected places and keep up with enemies once they escape him, something Malz cannot do short of ulting.

Top- Probably Lee Sin would be better, although that's mostly the Meta glaring at the back of my head. Will you probably destroy as Malz top? Sure. But Lee Sin going tanky works better for him than Malz. And you rarely want a full damage top, too easy to be removed from the fight.

If you're confident in your ability to outplay go with Malz, if you'd rather have the safer champion go for Lee.