Talk:Malzahar/@comment-78.0.113.98-20121029164958/@comment-88.186.19.90-20121029220446

If you don't have your ult, use your long range Q to poke. If they decide to engage/chase you, retreat while placing your W in their path. You can kill anything that's not a tank with 2 combo of Q+E so DON'T PANIC, stay at max range, land that silence and keep kiting. You have all the time on the world because you outpush every other champ in the roster. Land an E everytime the opponent gets into range if you are not too exposed, it's your major damage dealer.

Seriously though, you are a DoT champ so just don't get caught. Your ult is only there to keep an opponent in your pool during a teamfight or a 1v1; most of your damage comes from Q and E.

He acts similarly to Cassiopea in the sense that he uses his abilities to poke from long range and delivers a powerful punch with his E if anyone gets at medium range, but he plays much more like a "land everything and run" burst champ than a constant "I keep hitting you over and over" DPS like Cassio because your E is a DoT.