Talk:Malzahar/@comment-3463132-20170525012435/@comment-30037223-20170531165625

Malzahar is pretty good in midlane, works really good against most assasin's and mages as they need to pop his shield first in order to do any kind of combo.

I know the next rework to his W is comming tomorrow so I'll see how it changes him but for now here's how you probably should go.

W is a great spell to start, if you learn to time the voidlings autoattack you can cc much easier and outpush the enemy laner until you get your powerspike at level 2. There you go for Malefic Visions, and you can push the lane towards the enemy tower or if you can read your opponent you can go for a winning trade with Malefic visions and 2 voidlings. With that combo alone I've been able to make the enemy laner lose half or more of their hp, something that'll make them spend their healing potions. If you they decide to trade, keep fighting at close range your voidlings are super fast and will multiply around you tearing down the enemy laner, if you have ignite you can guarantee a kill almost instantly, or at least they'll burn flash.

At level 3 you can go for Call of the void, the same thing as in level 2 but now you can extend the period in which they'll burn with Malefic Visions and Voidlings will target them for longer, the best moment to do this is when you're trading at your side of the lane or in the middle as most of the time they'll try to run to their tower and tower shots will destroy your voidlings in one hit. You should never underestimate your voidlings damage, Malefic visions is a great spell with good reliable damage, but three well spawned voidlings (Or 6 if double W) will destroy almost any enemy laner and their damage is more powerful than people think.

Think it this way, your maxed Voidlings will do 50 + Bonus 40% AD in damage, I don't think you'll build any AD items but Cannon Minions do around 39.5 AD plus 1.5 every 90 seconds. You will have the equivalent to 6 Cannon Minions fucking your enemy midlaner if they are under constant attack by them, and that's not even considering that they'll be under Malefic Visions into a Call of the Void and god may help them if you pop your Nether Graps with all the above metioned + Ignite. If you learn to command your minions and position yourself, W is the best option to go.

Just beware of those Akali's, their invisibility and poke can really fuck you up.