Malphite ultimate
Can we actually add a cooldown timer to this ult? Please? Seeing him build all AP right now is disgusting. 100-0 every single time, aka 28 seconds with a few drags now.
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I'd rather they just neuter the AP scaling on it. If they nerf the CD tank Malph gets even worse.
I have no issues with build diversity, but it has to be balanced. If you can't balance AP Malph, where the only counterplay is flash or Zhonyas, it's gotta go.
Malph presses ult > team dies. No outplay, no skill testing, just instant death. The nerfed the AP scaling, which was still insufficient. Hes designed to be a tank. I perma ban him when im not banning senna.
Only bad players complain about AP Malphite, prove me wrong.
He doesn't even scale when fed. He relies mostly on base damage and magic penetration, ludens proc, and rune damage. His AP scalings are terrible. After 25 minutes he won't even oneshot ADC's that are pure glass cannon. Compare AP Malphite to Syndra. Syndra is just better in every way. Malphite is 100% ult reliant and has to go melee range to kill anybody, putting his life at risk because he isnt building tanky. Syndra can do her 1 shot combo from range so she's safer, has her cc on a basic ability, has better AP ratios, meaning she scales better, and she isn't ult reliant. Not to mention she has ranged waveclear and is ranged so she can lane easier.
The only advantages Malphite has is that since he's melee he has a bit more innate tankiness with passive shield + armor, and he takes less skill to execute. This makes him good in low elo where players are unskilled and basically just "one shot check" each other. They will both build pure damage and attempt to one shot the enemy laner, Malphite lives through the oneshot with innate tankiness and will kill you with ult combo + ignite + W empowered autos. Which starts his snowball. They also don't play around his itemization or powerspikes. Malphite will be at his strongest when its midgame and he has 
. Just buying merc treads completely counters his magic penetration and stops him from oneshotting you ever.
By lategame one missed / flashed / stopwatched ult and his team will lose the game. Without his ult Malphite is .1 of a champion and you will win 4v5.
Malphite is a Tank whose basic kit doesn't do anything useful. This is unheard of for this class. Therefore, it's reasonable that the Ultimate is bonkers.
Can we actually add a cooldown timer to this ult? Please? Seeing him build all AP right now is disgusting. 100-0 every single time, aka 28 seconds with a few drags now.
Literally ANY MR item will put an end to his one-shot shenanigans.
Hell even a 
gives you a half-decent chance of not being one-shot. He's fine.