Talk:Malzahar/@comment-3463132-20140927034735

Well, after playing a Malzahar match I have to say, a QSS does kick him right in his void-filled balls. (Still won, there is very little scarier than a fed and full-build Malzahar)

Quick Silver Sash actually is pretty lethal to Malz- not everyone will build it but the ones that are smart enough to do so are trouble, particularly if they're AD and/or packing CC.

QSS does several things:

1) Your ult doesn't suppress, meaning you're locked there doing nothing when they can move. Meaning your W AoE isn't going to be hitting them, so that's 2 spells stopped with QSS. Your ult will still hurt them but by itself it isn't killing anyone.

2) It removes your visions, some people don't know that bit. Your PRIMARY SOURCE OF DAMAGE is removed by QSS, so that's 3 spells removed for one item.

3) Malzahar is fiercly dependant on destroying his opponent and preventing them from fighting back, hence the AoE silence and the suppression. Building a QSS let's you fight back and either counter-burst him, CC him, or run away since you've just removed everything wrong with you and he's stuck ulting till you're out of range.

TLDR, QSS does counter Malzahar quite thouroghly but by the time the enemy considers you a big enough problem to buy one you should be far enough ahead to still win. Or you can just ult someone else, altough the QSS holder is likely to make a beeline straight for you now.