Talk:Malady/@comment-4834593-20120627120515/@comment-5162027-20120627130630

Sounds good on paper, but his AP scaling isn't really worth building any on him- this is especially true now, after the last rework, where before his kit revolved around Shadow Dash, and the occasional Vorpal Blade.

Now, however, his kit revolves around Ki Strike, which scales off of Health and Attack Speed. Vorpal Blade has nice base damage, so no reason to put in AP items, and Shadow Dash is mostly for CC and movement. Since Ki Strike is now the basis of his kit, I would recommend Ionic Spark over Malady. It allows him a ton more pushing power, which means his splitpushes are far mor effective, and offers a substantial Attack Speed bonus and a nice chunk of health.

But that aside, it's just my opinion. Build malady, see how it works, post the results. Who knows, you might just change the metagame builds!