Talk:Malzahar/@comment-5458106-20130425063234/@comment-4019444-20130426220859

He's a great damage dealer, yes. However, he has several issues. First and foremost, he has no escape or defensive abilities. His entire kit is centered around destroying his opponent. The moment you are ganked as Malz, your chances of surviving without flash are not looking good for you. You can suppress your opponent, yes, but you better have the lane warded well if you want to ult in peace. Malz is a sitting duck during his suppression, which brings my next point. The moment someone hits you with any hard CC or a silence during a team fight when you're ulting, you lose a good chunk of potential damage. His ult is a liability for himself as well as being an asset. So, he's a good champion, no doubt (hell, he's my main mage at the moment), but he does have glaring flaws that prohibit him from being super popular. Take a look at someone like Diana. She is tanky, mobile and bursty. So she is favored heaviliy for that. Malz, not so much, he just deals damage.

TL;DR: Malzahar is a great mage, but he does suffer from glaring weaknesses.