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Malzahar Build Guide by Anastasios

Malignant Malzahar ~ In-Depth

Malignant Malzahar ~ In-Depth

Updated on June 16, 2012
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1
Anastasios (83) | May 19, 2012 11:38pm
Thanks for your review Vitigam!

-Fixed, i thought i had changed that.
-Moved it a bit up on the list. I still prefer ROA.
-I respectfully disagree.
-Added.
-Can you be a bit more specific?
-I hate Kennen, dose stuns, ima DOWNVOTE!! :)

Thanks for your help.
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Vitigam (33) | May 19, 2012 11:08am
Hey,

Reviewer from JhoiJhoi's Review Shop here. For my review, I would like you to check out my Kennen guide and a +rep if possible.

First off, great guide, I like your play-style and readers can tell you know Malzahar in and out.

Ok, here is the review:

- In your introduction, Malzahar is now 4800 IP, not 6300.
- Personally, I like Rylai's Crystal Scepter better than ROA. You might want to consider that.
- Imo, Boots 3 Pots and Doran's Ring are the only viable options for starting items.
- You might want to mention that Malzhar isn't a great late game AP Carry.
- Layout needs a bit more attention.
- Lastly, I hate Malzahar, dam supress, Ima DOWNVOTE!! LOL jk.

Great guide, +1 from me.

Hope I Helped,
Vitigam
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albableat (147) | May 17, 2012 7:26am
Max, Cleanse doesn't remove suppressions. Neither Nether Grasp, nor Infinite Duress.
1
Maxeem (11) | May 17, 2012 4:52am
Voted +1
+1 as I promised in my review
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Anastasios (83) | May 16, 2012 11:14pm
Thanks for your feedback, i'll make some changes soon. For the ignite charging up voidlings, i need to test this again in a custom game, as i was sure it happened before, but im not so sure now. I will probably add a Teamfight section too. As for Kassadin, i meant that before level 6, he has a pretty weak game. He is melee, can't farm well, and only has 1 good damaging spell, as you won't have Force Pulse up all the time. After level 6 is when he becomes the beast that we all know Kassadin to be.

Again, thak you for your feedback!

-Edit: yup, summoner spells do not count on Summon Voidling.
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Maxeem (11) | May 16, 2012 4:40pm
albableat wrote:

Oh man... You need to kill my PM with messages if I fail to see your request like that T_T
Sorry for that delay.

So... A Malz guide. In first place, I really like how you explain Malzahar playstyle-wise, but there is one concept to him that people often misunderstand. He is a great laner and rather safe midgame champion. But sadly, as the game progresses, Malz becomes terrible in fights (even if you did quite well early-mid game). You need to be uberfed with Malzahar to rock teamfights.

I've played a lot of champs and by far, Malz seems one of the most tricky ones to play without losing the sense of game. It's so hard to realize that even if you are 10-0 you still have to focus on the game and make the right choices while balancing on the razor's edge...

I really value the effort put into Malz guide as they are very hard to write correctly.

So, after this little prelude, what do I like about your guide?
  • Your runes/masteries. Malz would be one of those exceptions for whom you don't need manaregen yellows (as long as you manage your Malefic Visions correctly). So AP glyphs might be just fine. Myself I prefer running armour for Malz, since he has no reliable escape and you don't really build armor all the way before Zhonya's.
  • Masteries are just fine. Havoc is a bit useless, imo, but that works too...
  • Your itemization is solid. ALthough I prefer Rylai's Crystal Scepter over Rod of Ages because RCS compensates for the lack of CC to some extent.
  • However RoA is surely a viable pick at least for that Catalyst passive. Very good lane sustainability.
  • You explain the skills absolutely amazing. Very much info. For instance I never knew that Ignite charges up Summon Voidling. That's a very interesting thing to know.
  • You lay out combos really well. I like that.

  • I DOWNVOTE YOU FOR THAT!!!!!! Show the lady some love =P
  • No idea about dominion Malza... Never tried.

So, overall, your guide is definitely damn good :D You seem to know much more then me about Malz, so I don't even think I should criticize any of that. It seems very good to me.

upvote, +rep, I'll think about scouting. Need to look at other Malzahar guides for that.

Cheers :)
Alba

P.S. As always, PM me for any questions/concerns. And sorry for that delay again =\



Holy **** .... Your review was 100X better than mine -.-.
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Maxeem (11) | May 16, 2012 4:30pm
Hi, I'm reviewing your guide based upon your request for a trade at jhoijhoi's review shop. For my review I would like you to check out my Lee Sin guide here, thank you. Here it goes:

Great build overall. Nice format, and makes the reader feel interested, no walls of text. You clearly understand how to play malzahar and I like your approach of using spell vamp. on him. I have a question however. I am an occasional Kassadin player, and you have said that he is not good early game. But from my experience of playing Kassadin, he does the MOST damage early game, especially after he reaches level 6, between the levels of 6-11. I also very like the title. You also mentioned that ignite proc the voidling. I did not know that! However, you mentioned that cleanse does not remove malzahar's ultimate. I actually think it does. don't trust me 100% on this, but since cleanse removes WW's Ultimate, I think it might remove Malzahars. Overall, I would give this guide a rating of 15/20. I will upvote when I see you are still checking and working on this guide when you reply.

Thank you for making such a good guide and spending time of your life to make this guide for mobafire members and guests. Don't forget to check my guide out and comment on mine too :D.
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albableat (147) | May 16, 2012 4:23pm
Voted +1
Oh man... You need to kill my PM with messages if I fail to see your request like that T_T
Sorry for that delay.

So... A Malz guide. In first place, I really like how you explain Malzahar playstyle-wise, but there is one concept to him that people often misunderstand. He is a great laner and rather safe midgame champion. But sadly, as the game progresses, Malz becomes terrible in fights (even if you did quite well early-mid game). You need to be uberfed with Malzahar to rock teamfights.

I've played a lot of champs and by far, Malz seems one of the most tricky ones to play without losing the sense of game. It's so hard to realize that even if you are 10-0 you still have to focus on the game and make the right choices while balancing on the razor's edge...

I really value the effort put into Malz guide as they are very hard to write correctly.

So, after this little prelude, what do I like about your guide?
  • Your runes/masteries. Malz would be one of those exceptions for whom you don't need manaregen yellows (as long as you manage your Malefic Visions correctly). So AP glyphs might be just fine. Myself I prefer running armour for Malz, since he has no reliable escape and you don't really build armor all the way before Zhonya's.
  • Masteries are just fine. Havoc is a bit useless, imo, but that works too...
  • Your itemization is solid. ALthough I prefer Rylai's Crystal Scepter over Rod of Ages because RCS compensates for the lack of CC to some extent.
  • However RoA is surely a viable pick at least for that Catalyst passive. Very good lane sustainability.
  • You explain the skills absolutely amazing. Very much info. For instance I never knew that Ignite charges up Summon Voidling. That's a very interesting thing to know.
  • You lay out combos really well. I like that.
  • Quoted:
    Everybody hates LeBlanc

    I DOWNVOTE YOU FOR THAT!!!!!! Show the lady some love =P
  • No idea about dominion Malza... Never tried.

So, overall, your guide is definitely damn good :D You seem to know much more then me about Malz, so I don't even think I should criticize any of that. It seems very good to me.

upvote, +rep, I'll think about scouting. Need to look at other Malzahar guides for that.

Cheers :)
Alba

P.S. As always, PM me for any questions/concerns. And sorry for that delay again =\
1
luxie060 (8) | May 15, 2012 4:29pm
Voted -1
HIII!!!!!!
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Phil Collins (176) | May 15, 2012 12:52pm
Voted +1
Heheheheheheh
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Absolurelyfree | May 14, 2012 7:50pm
Voted +1
Hi sir. I wanna say i took the idea of Malz with lifesteal from here. From that day im invencible, I can stay in mid forever. I buy hextech in my first return around lvl 7 - 8, so i can harras and suddenly ult + combo + ignite and they will die, After this is lane phase is long i upgrade it to Will of the acients. Ten i go rabadons, zhonyas, bashees.
However i like your build too, a lot. ROA gives you good sustent. I play very defensive so i dont fell like buying roa because they cant gank me.

Not an awesome match history, but i want to show ohers that it works
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