Talk:Malzahar/@comment-1920550-20140527140955/@comment-8468980-20140530024312

"Because his burst damage is not so powerful. All his cc is his ultimate.

His lane is a farm lane.

His nuke is not instant."

This guy knows what's what.

"He falls off late game."

Poor choice of wording for this one though. Typically you save this phrase for champs with weak scaling and limited item dependance. Malz has incredible base damage, great ap ratios, and percentage max hp aoe damage. His damage doesn't fall off late game. However, he needs to stay stationary in order to land his full combo, leading him to hold back in late game team fights or tag a bruiser for immediate evaporation. Mid has been dominated by assassins, other ap champs with mobility, or ap champs with high utility / initiation. Malz isn't the only mage being kicked to the curb and I'm not sure why Riot isn't doing more to help them.