Malphite's Ult needs to scale with health

Du Ma Mi·Oct 1, 2015·3 votes·390 views

I don't know why a huge boulder-man charging fast at you, and ramming all of you out of his way is considered "Magical", but I think maybe there should be some kind of health scaling. Thematically, it just makes more sense.

EDIT: I'm getting downvotes because some people think that "it would take away from going full AP malphite and just 1 shotting people"... but my point was that it didn't fit thematically. Meaning with his theme. Meaning I wasn't talking about how much fun he is, or whether it would make him better/worse - I just wanted it to fit the theme of getting castrated by a giant rock, as opposed to getting castrated by a giant rock (with a wand).

5 Comments

YumaS2AstralOct 1, 20153 votes

Because Malphite is an old champion, from a time where every ability was scaling with AP and did magic damage, even if it thematically didn't make any sense. For example, Master Yi's Q used to do magic damage.

Hence why AP is called "ability power"; it is the ability's (scaling) power. And AD is called "attack damage"; it is the scaling damage from (basic) attacks. Although nowadays Riot made many new champions and reworked old champions to have abilities scaling with AD. But that's the original meaning.

kJsOct 1, 20151 votes

Yeah, he should really deal physical damange but that would skew AP Malphite and it would take away more AP Tank top laners. AP/Magic Damage Tanks (not necessarily top laners): Chogath Sejuani Galio Zac Amumu Nautilus Shen Vladimir TahmKench Rumble Braum Alistar Nunu Gragas Singed I missed a few but you get the idea.

AD/Physical Damage Tanks (not necessarily top laners): JarvanIV Sion Garen Rengar Gangplank Gnar Aatrox Volibear Olaf Nasus Renekton Trundle Irelia Hecarim Pantheon