Talk:Malzahar/@comment-25660105-20141210015848/@comment-3463132-20141211020703

" I just don't think he's fun to play against, which is why, given the opportunity, I would not hestitate to remove him from the game completely."

There are many champs that are no fun to play against (laning against Heimerdinger comes to mind). Malzhahar is far from the most hated champion in LoL. (I think that ittle currently goes to Warwick) No, Riot will not be removing any champions from LoL permanently, they cost far too much to design and make to just throw them away because people don't like them- it sets a horrible precedent.

"there is no AP item that can be built from Quicksilver Sash"

That is known as "balancing" for the same reason there's no AD Zhonya- it would become horribly unfair. Any dot AP champ would become borderline useless, as well as any who rely on CC to use their full combo.

"The other suggestion I hear a lot is "just avoid his spells"."

This is honestly the best worst advice LoL has to offer. If dodging skillshots was easy nobody would ever play skillshot champs. However, Malz is a very close range mage- he will telegraph when he's coming at you unless he burns flash. His Q has a delay and only strikes in a line from him, just see where he is and you know where his Q will be. And honestly, any time a combo champion burns flash to kill you is pretty much a guaranteed kill no matter who the champion is, that's the point of being a combo champion.

"Look at the current-flavor champions for the mid-lane. Katarina, Zed, Fizz, Akali, Ahri, Yasuo, Talon, etc. They all have trouble against Malzahar."

Well yeah, how's that Malzahar's problem? (Fizz btw is damn wrong, Fizz sucks to fight against as Malz, Ahri is not the easiest lane either with her charm that can stop your ult). Technically speaking, that's the fault of assassins. Their job is to 100-0 the target. If the target manages to not die- that's poor assassinating. All Malzahar has to do is live and then counteract with his "F you ultimate". Any other combo mage can do the same thing if you don't kill them in the all-in, that's the drawback of assassins.