Talk:Malzahar/@comment-122.58.144.90-20121209045053/@comment-88.186.19.90-20121209111439

When you cast Nether Grasp, Malzahar channels for 2.5 seconds and hits a "tether" on the target; that opponent is supressed for 2.5 and gets dealt damage every second for as long as the thether remains.

QSS removes all debuff on a target, and tethers are NOT considered as debuffs since it "comes from" malz rather than being "applied to" the opponent. If the opponent QSSes while supressed, Malz continues to channel and the tether is still latched on the opponent, so the damage is still being dealt. However, supression is considered a debuff, so it's removed and the opponent is now free to move, attack and cast as normal; if he wants to stop the damage, he must either move out of tether range or interrupt Malzahar's channeling with a CC.