Why Quicksilver Sash is Really Good Right Now

Meep Man·Sep 13, 2015·2 votes·1,371 views

is generally an item thought to be really bad. However, here a few reasons you should buy it, especially with the recent top tier Juggernaut picks and such, mainly because of what QSS removes. Here are reasons you might want to actually rush a QSS in this meta.

removes:

Hemorrhage stacks so he can't get tons of AD and/or do tons of damage with his ultimate
ultimate so he can't get his ghost
ultimate so he can't drag you into his team
ultimate so she can't give her team a huge heal and probably kill you
to remove Silver Bolts from you and unstun you from Condemn in a crucial fight
so she can't charm and all-in you all the time
so she can't deal 1000 damage with Rend (needs testing on my part)
so he can't hook you during that needed fight

The list goes on. Basically everything you find annoying is usually countered by Quicksilver Sash. Getting a Banshee's Veil with it when you can can also help. Just a reminder that Quicksilver Sash is incredibly good in the current meta of champions who usually rely on debuffing their opponent to win trades. Also, yes, I do believe it also removes TK passive stacks (but dont do that because I want to win with him ok guys?). The main downside of Quicksilver Sash is it is limited to AD users if you want to make full use of it for the entire game. However, if you are AP, getting Zhonya's can be a decent substitute, although this is still overall better. As a Tank, you are out of luck since the only thing you got is Banshee's Veil. Then again, your purpose as a Tank is to absorb crowd control so an item that makes the enemy not want to do that might be bad.

7 Comments

Captain AishiSep 13, 20151 votes

Qss is very meh against thresh, because even if you cleanse the stun, he's still linked to you, so he can still jump-flay your sorry ass mordekaiser tends to keep his ult until the last second before you die to get the ghost anyway so there isn't much reaction time to use it for darius, you need to cleanse before anyone gets 5 stacks otherwise his passive will make him reapply max stacks instantly banshee's veil is probably the best defensive item to have against vayne in a duel, since condemn is her only ability that can punch through it

AcadiaumSep 13, 20151 votes

Gonna build this on Darius if I ever get a mirror lane again, instant removal of stacks would be a win o.o

Commit SudokuSep 13, 20151 votes

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Gonna build this on Darius if I ever get a mirror lane again, instant removal of stacks would be a win o.o

except Darius passive deals physical damage now so you lose toooo much combat stats. In a 1v1 situation you would still probably lose if you are going even. Because they will probably have stats that actually help them in the fight whether it be armor, hp, or ad.

AcadiaumSep 13, 20151 votes

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except Darius passive deals physical damage now so you lose toooo much combat stats. In a 1v1 situation you would still probably lose if you are going even. Because they will probably have stats that actually help them in the fight whether it be armor, hp, or ad.

I'd be willing to lose some short term damage for long term in lane, imagine hes got me at 4 stacks and I have him at 3 I QSS. He loses his passive and ult damage, now I have a chance to finish my own passive and still have my ult damage

At level 6 if I can get stacks I'll gain 45 damage + double damage on my ult also, not only that him seeing the stacks poof will make him panic if I get mine.

Did the basic math, if they land every hit QSS Darius would be at 267 health and Damage Darius would be at 368 health, but because QSS darius cleansed the stacks he isn't taking extra DoT from bleed and now has all stacks and has access to full power ULT.

While damage Darius is still bleeding and his ult can only do about 160 true damage.

Commit SudokuSep 14, 20151 votes

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I'd be willing to lose some short term damage for long term in lane, imagine hes got me at 4 stacks and I have him at 3 I QSS. He loses his passive and ult damage, now I have a chance to finish my own passive and still have my ult damage

At level 6 if I can get stacks I'll gain 45 damage + double damage on my ult also, not only that him seeing the stacks poof will make him panic if I get mine.

Did the basic math, if they land every hit QSS Darius would be at 267 health and Damage Darius would be at 368 health, but because QSS darius cleansed the stacks he isn't taking extra DoT from bleed and now has all stacks and has access to full power ULT.

While damage Darius is still bleeding and his ult can only do about 160 true damage.

this only works in all in situation if you are just laning and poking with Qs b4 an all in you will lose lane slowly but surely

AcadiaumSep 14, 20151 votes

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this only works in all in situation if you are just laning and poking with Qs b4 an all in you will lose lane slowly but surely

Yeah, you got a point there.