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Mabye there are more champs who can do the same?? hmm..
You can check the lolwiki for clarification: http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Malzahar/Ability_Details
Really great guide man and it's nice to see that you are updating it atm! I also started playing AD Malz about a halfyear ago and it's suprisingly effective in my opinion :)
I agree with the majority of your guide but I have a few suggestions for you because of my experience with him.
[*] First of all, I agree with your rune setup but I have two alternatives for your Marks and Quints. For Marks, I use Greater Mark of Hybrid Penetration, because AD Malz is not focussed primarily on AA's. Especially in the early game, your spells hurt a lot and the extra Armor Pen from the Greater Mark of Armor Penetration isn't necessarily needed. A bit more Mpen to increase your spell damage worked very well for me!
As for Quints, I use 3x Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed, because Malzahar is especially vulnerable to high-mobile champions. These Quints give you the extra mobility to get away, or faster into the action.
[*] Second, I use some different items. I start with a
Because Malzahar is still doing some nice damage with his spells, I prefer
The rest of your items are quite the same as I build most of the time :)
Hopefully you can use some of my suggestions! I'm still trying to fabricate a perfect build for him but this works very well in my games!
Thx for the feedback :)
@Rune Suggestions: I agree with you that Hybrid Penetration usually is a lot stronger, at least in terms of early game damage. But there is a reason I don't use them and it's because I try to focus on mostly the Voidling damage and partly
I totally agree with you that the movement speed quints are a strong choice. Sometimes I take them and sometimes I don't. It's more of a personal preference. In certain situations Armor pen quints would be better and other times more movement speed would. I will start to use these some more on
@Item Choices:
Thx for the comment though :). I too enjoy playing Hybrid
I agree with the majority of your guide but I have a few suggestions for you because of my experience with him.
[*] First of all, I agree with your rune setup but I have two alternatives for your Marks and Quints. For Marks, I use Greater Mark of Hybrid Penetration, because AD Malz is not focussed primarily on AA's. Especially in the early game, your spells hurt a lot and the extra Armor Pen from the Greater Mark of Armor Penetration isn't necessarily needed. A bit more Mpen to increase your spell damage worked very well for me!
As for Quints, I use 3x Greater Quintessence of Movement Speed, because Malzahar is especially vulnerable to high-mobile champions. These Quints give you the extra mobility to get away, or faster into the action.
[*] Second, I use some different items. I start with a
Because Malzahar is still doing some nice damage with his spells, I prefer
The rest of your items are quite the same as I build most of the time :)
Hopefully you can use some of my suggestions! I'm still trying to fabricate a perfect build for him but this works very well in my games!