Talk:Malzahar/@comment-4117463-20130518101245/@comment-4659858-20130521042905

DFG is ineffective on Malzahar because the optimal "I lazor u" situation doesn't occur often in teamfights and it's is total overkill unless you are fighting a 30/0 naut at 20 minutes. Malz's singe-target damage is already enough because of the %HP pool, so a large amount of HP is enough to instagib anyone regardless of their role. Replacing that slot with spellvamp or survivability like WotA or Rilay will increase Malz's damage more because he will be able to cast longer.

Liandry is much better if you need "moar damagez" because it's passive is regularly reapplied on the entire enemy team on Q and W.