Talk:Malzahar/@comment-178.166.24.118-20120722104049/@comment-88.186.19.90-20120722144852

Unless you have decent mana regen (Chalice/Grail/blue buff), harassing with Malz is very delicate because you can't afford to spam your spells around.

I harass with E and use Q and W as protection/zoning tools in lane. Whenever your E is up and the minion wave is already being "visioned", just casually walk up to the opponent and land an E on their face before retreating. If they decide to retaliate throw a Q in their path, forcing them to retreat or to be silenced and damaged; if they insist on chasing while silenced you turn around, place a null zone under their feet and ult their face.

If you have trouble landing Q, think of it as a short duration wall rather than a skillshot: place it behind you opponent and hit them with it as their retreat; or use it to prevent them from last-hitting minions rather than casting it directly over them. If you have a good mana pool/regen, you can also force a retreat with W and hit them with Q as they move backwards.

Remember that you are one of the 2 champs (Leblanc being the other one) with a true insta-gib burst combo: feel free to bait a bad positioning and kill your target instead of harassing.