Talk:Malzahar/@comment-67.127.233.146-20120708081600/@comment-88.186.19.90-20120710022319

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I disagree completely. It probably applies to Lee Sin to a certain extent (if you don't kick the bruiser into your AD carry), but the timing and positioning for Lulu's polymorph and Malphite's ult are crutial: Malphite has to engage/counterengage and hit as many people as possible, Lulu must use it to protect her carry; CCing a random person is not efficient.

In Malz's case, the only true positioning/timing you could have to worry about is wether your target is on null zone, but since you can be interrupted it is better to make sure you land the entire duration of your ult rather than stunning for 1 second on you null zone (do the math, you'll se the damage is greater); especially if enemies can be rooted on your null zone by someone else or if they loiter on the area by themselves. Furthermore, Malz can afford to paralyse himself for 2.5 to paralyse an opponent, since all his spells have a high enough cooldown to allow him to ult mid-fight. If you haven't used your ult to initiate, then the best way to use it is as a DPS spell and not as a true CC. The CC is just a perk of your ult that comes along the fact that your are dealing damage, not the other way round.