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You have a great guide but I tought of your masteries. Then I remembered that Malzahar is an AP carry not an AD carry. Your matchups are good but I really think they can be more detailed.
I was used to take Rod of Ages on Malzahar but still, Rylai's Crystal Scepter works well. If you think that the match will be long, a Rod of Ages is much better.
And now, Quicksilver Sash really counters Malzahar hard. I have something to say, you always talk like you have some sort of stupid enemies. Usually people do that, but you should talk like your emeis are some sort of CLG players.
Other from that, nice layout and again, a +1 from me!
Build:
To be honest, I haven't played Malzahar that much, but I do know much about AP carry builds. A few things Im noticing:
Why take Banshee's Veil as a main item in your build. Sure it's a good item, but I do think it's only good if they have a high poke team. Better items to replace it with are things like Zhonya's Hourglass, Deathfire's Grasp or Guardian Angel. The first two suggestions also add up to your AP.
Then second, you start off with straignt Hextech Revolver? I personally prefer going double dorans if you go that route first. They are cheap and grand you HP, mana regen and AP. Perfect sustain item.
Apart from that I agree on the build.
Layout
I have nothing to complain about the layout :). I just love to see a perfect balance in pictures, bbcodes and text.
Extra information
You got plenty of information! Details on how to kill, how to farm. Everything you need to know on Malzahar.
Enjoyment to read
I enjoy to read this guide since it grands good information, has a nice layout, so you know what youre reading and you can look up the stuff you want to read.
Overal
Since I dont own Malzahar and only played him a few times I cant really review this to the fullest, but I tried my best. The guide on itself is good. Like I said, my questions on the build are based on my experience as a mid-laner. Overal I would read this if I was wanting to play Malzahar, and I will add this to my favs in case I will buy him or when it's a free week.
+1
Solid guide, but there are a few things.
IMO because of how you can use E to safely farm, and you generally don't lose health when you 100 - 0 the other APC, Hextech Revolver isn't that great.
Also, why not mention Malzahar can farm wraiths while not doing anything else?
Last thing is you should mention you can E a minion, port back to base, and still gain gold/exp.
+1
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So, thank you for giving me a chance
-Janitsu
Seriously, this is a really nice guide. When I was reading through this, I thought on a lot of places "Ooh, he forgot to mention X!" only to find that thing in the very next paragraph. The only thing I don't really agree with are the primary runes. Well, I would, until I noticed the item build has no CDR whatsoever, so it made sense. Really, quite an excellent guide.
-In your cheat sheet, maybe you could break it down, and show what things you would buy first. o;
-You should name the rest of your items as you did at the start of the chapter.
-For the match-ups you could add a legend, showing the difficulty of each opponent, to give an idea of how hard they are at a glance.
-The QSS information was a great read.
-Nice little Dominion addition there :p
Great guide Anastasios ^^