Talk:Malzahar/@comment-178.42.169.115-20120707112656/@comment-82.130.25.178-20120708075154

Many mages don't have escapes, like brand, veigar, cassiopeia, karthus, anivia, swain... He is super good in laning phase because he can pretty much afk farm with E and push lane against mages who can't hit well under tower. His ganks are pretty much guaranteed kills if enemy gets in 700 range of him. His problem is in team fights where he needs proper team to effectively use his spells. For example Jarvan can trap 3 people and then i just put a QW in there and it's tons of damage. He is good with cc teams. if some of his abilities could get a slow or stun, he would be one of the most played mages.