Talk:Malzahar/@comment-5211662-20140814162812/@comment-5557556-20140828214903

"Second, if enemies buy QSS, this means they are not buying an item that would otherwise be a much better choice, such as a damage item, or a better defensive item, such as GA or Banshee. Even champions who don't have AD scalings are sometimes forced to buy QSS just to counter Malzahar's ultimate, and they are crippled themselves because they are forced to buy an expensive item that doesn't upgrade into anything useful for AP champions, just to counter a single ultimate."

This part, this is what I think when someone says to buy QSS to counter Malzahar. Guess what, this item on Brand is completely useless, not just on Brand but on anyone else who does not have any AD scaling. AD goes to waste, it is very expensive to build and has a very long cooldown.

Many don't understand Malzahar, his ultimate does a lot of damage, but his most powerful spell is Null Zone, as long as you stand in it you will melt, his ultimate is just a tool to keep your enemies inside that field so it can slowly burn them. Bonus points if you have Morgana in your team or someone who can lock the target in a place, then not even 5 QSSes can't help you.

In order to counter Malzahar you need to bait his ultimate, when you bait it, then attack him and he will go down. He will be forced to end it early.