Talk:Malzahar/@comment-217.123.141.44-20120730155145/@comment-88.186.19.90-20120731023704

Technically, only burst assassins counter Malz, like Leblanc, Kassadin, Talon and Wukong. Every other champ usually has the advantage until you get your Rabadon and can farm the minion wave with 1 vision, or you reach level 6 and can insta-burst them to their doom. I usually never die as Malz, because I'm so farm behind the minion wave I can see ganks coming from a mile away and have enough time to walk back to my tower.

He counters (from most countered to least countered) champs with a bad laning phase like Poppy, squishy champs, melee champs, champs with low damage, DPS champs. Laning against burst champions is usually about the opponent trying to combo Malz and Malz running circles around the skillshots while putting the opponent mid-life with a well placed vision and CotV until he can W+ult them.