Malzahar has under-the-hood updates to his W and R in this patch in order to open up mode-specific balancing for those abilities. As a result of these ability updates, already-spawned Voidlings now update their damage when Malzahar levels up and tooltip shows their actual damage instead of only part of the calculation.

In this patch we’re adding some small quality of life changes to Malzahar’s Malefic Visions to address some consistency issues with last hitting using E. While the lower minion execute threshold might look like a nerf, when combined with the faster damage tick rate this should result in players more reliably getting last hits on minions and that sweet, sweet gold.

In the early game Malzahar relies on his Malefic Visions to help last-hit, however, due to its slow tick-rate and low damage it sometimes feels uncertain whether or not you’ll actually get the last hit. We’re adding a small assistance mechanic to help him and will monitor its success to see if other similar champions can benefit from the same changes.

Malzahar was one of the few mages that was already strong before the buffs to mana Mythics last patch. Now that we know exactly where he’s landed, we know just how much to reel him back in. We're lowering the scaling on Malzahar’s Q so that his power continues to come from his most unique and character-defining abilities.