Talk:Malzahar/@comment-3457312-20110516151435/@comment-3486816-20110517075139

It's hard to get used to using. I may have contributed to the idea that QSS makes him unviable, and I'm sorry if I did. It's not quite what I meant to do; I just meant that if you ARE having a problem with malzahar EWR'ing you, it's a very effective counter. It doesn't make him useless, but if used correctly it CAN largely neutralize his ultimate, which is a powerful thing to do against almost any champion (Soraka vs. Karthus, for example). The main reason I'm blowing it out of proportion is because I so rarely see people get QSS even after being killed by malzahar's combo multiple times and raging the whole time about it. I strongly believe that every champ, every tactic, and every ability has SOME effective counter other than ragequitting, surrendering, or just staying out of range and pouting, and it comes down to the player and their team to know and effectively use the countering strategy, which in this case is a bit more obvious and effective than most, yet is still rarely used. Does it completely shut him down? No. Does it help? Hell yes. One thing you failed to neglect is that in a pinch it can also cleanse malefic visions as well. So yes, it's effective. However, this counter in turn has another counter, and that's malzahar playing smart and ulting someone else or keeping track of when you use the active. And it also does force them to spend gold on the item, as you mentioned, which is always a plus for malzahar's team (unless they're entirely magic damage or something and they wouldn't have bought mr otherwise, but that's a different situation entirely).