Malzahar Ultimate Bug?

MrEly·2/8/2016, 7:59:33 AM·1 votes·739 views

I have been searching online for information on this, but does Malzahar's ultimate have a cast time? If not, then it is most definitely bugged. Last game I played, I had my ultimate not suppress people it is most definitely supposed to suppressed. This happened at least 5 times that game, where a melee champion would get a hit or ability off that would stop my ultimate, and put it on cooldown. This is means there is a cast time that is way too long, or that the ability is bugged. On account of this losing me several team fights, I want an explanation.

And for context, I am rank 5 on Malzahar. I have never seen this before tonight. I only had it with Tahm Kench and Jax.

3 Comments

Void Nargacuga2/8/2016, 8:19:01 AM1 votes

Nether Grasp RANGE: 700 COST: 100 mana COOLDOWN: 120 / 100 / 80

Active: Malzahar knocks down the target enemy champion and_** channels**_ for up to 2.5 seconds, suppressing them and dealing them magic damage every half second while the channel holds.

Magic Damage Per Half Second: 50 / 80 / 110 (+ 26% AP)

Total Magic Damage: 250 / 400 / 550 (+ 130% AP)

Its channeled. So if you accidentally click to move, or get some decent CC put on you it WILL put it on cooldown. If you were right next to Jax as he had Counter Strike up then once it timed out you WOULD be stunned putting his ultimate on cooldown.

Zombiemaster2/8/2016, 9:29:33 AM1 votes

It's not that Malzahar's ultimate has a cast time, but the champions that you are suppressing have a casting animation for their abilities. There are some abilities that have a casting animation, and once that animation starts, that ability will go off, and no amount of CC will stop it, not even suppression. So even if you suppress a champion with an ability like this, that ability will still go off and, if it happens to interrupt channels, then it will interrupt Malzahar's ultimate.