Talk:Malzahar/@comment-3463132-20140614180811/@comment-5211662-20140626043521

The only really difficult matchups for Malzahar on my opinion are Annie and Talon. Annie because she can just instaburst you before you can do anything to her. Talon because he silences and becomes invisible. But even then, Malzahar has far more teamfighting presence than Talon, and is actually able to damage the front-line bruisers and tanks, unlike Annie.

Every other matchup for me is either skill-based, or Malzahar just plain out win. Gragas also used to be an extremely difficult matchup for Malzahar, but recent changes means that Malzahar will easily win against Gragas. LeBlanc was a difficult matchup, but Malzahar could still win by outpushing and outfarming her. Now that she does not silence, there is nothing that she can do to prevent Malzahar from simply using his usual combo to kill her (unless she manages to burst him before; she can do that late-game).

The only real problem with Malzahar is his lack of escapes. If weren't for this single fact, Malzahar would probably be a top-tier mid lane champion, and everyone would choose him, he would probably be banned on most games, and Riot would nerf him just like they did with Gragas and Kassadin.

To partially solve this problem, I recently started to use movement speed quintessences on him. This allows Malzahar to not only dodge skillshots easier, but he has more potential to escape ganks. Missing 15 extra AP does not make any difference late-game, but having 20 more speed makes.