Talk:Malzahar/@comment-24309189-20140922041323/@comment-3463132-20140928001555

Your pal is right in one regard btw, if they get a QSS Malzahar is boned.

They get a decent chunk of MR for starts, against a mage that actually does matter, but the active effect is the killer.

That Malz ult? No longer will suppress. Sure, you're still dealling damage- but you're literally a sitting duck if you keep it up.

Your E? QSS removes that, it vanishes. Along with the visions, your voidling will be back to its stupid self, might attack, might not. Flip a coin.

Your W? The enemy isn't going to stand on that anymore, they can move.

Your Q? You're still ulting them, you'll have to stop the ult and then Q, in that delay you're probably going to get counter-bursted and killed; the Q isn't easy to land in any case, and it has a delay too.

Can't really say about laning and such, but QSS is a very real counter to Malz 1v1. Build that and he beomes all but impotent to kill you.