as i have seen this whole guide of malzahar i think that you did good job in this guide everything are going as well, correct runes even thought can be changed a little if need some cool down reduction and abilities sequances tho and the items well enough no need to spamm a lot of lines but its okay. thanks

Very good guide,
I do use a different ability sequence though and max Q last, I find farming essential early on and E then W give a huge boost in farming, you can clear your waves quickly and while minions push the tower scurry to bot lane slap your E and W on an unsuspecting ADC and deal a chunk of damage getting either a kill or assist.
Also make sure when using him to E your opposing champ wait til it wares off then Q to cancel their first ability or flash so they can't escape or deal you damage, hit them with E then auto attack once or twice, delay your Ult until your E is about to run out then R them, this will reset the amount of time your E lasts on them so you get double the damage with no mana expenditure, this works really well early on and helps get those important kills around level 6 as your ult sucks until it scales or your AP goes us. You can Ignite while using your ult as well for that extra crispy kill and cancels healing effects.
LOTS OF DAMAGE! DEAD ASSASSIN!

Interesting starting with Rod of Ages..Make it quite strong but too few CD. Quite hard to not initialize with morello. How do you handle it?

I`ve seen a few Challenjours (not Malzahar mains) maxing w first.
Any sick mains here who can give their opinion?

Does he scale well into the late game?

Impressed!