AP Malphite

zYn·Apr 26, 2017·1 votes·1,485 views

What's a good build for it now? Mid Obvi.

6 Comments

d4rkshockApr 26, 20171 votes

Off meta ftw. I actually did this when I was new and I took malphite mid because I didn't know who was good in what role. I just picked him because he looked cool. It wasn't until I learned mages are mid and later assasins let me zed and talon. Go roa, rabbadons, sorcerers shoes, morelinomicon, zhonias, and void staff. That's how I beat a wukong mid.

MorgManBasherApr 26, 20171 votes

item 3001 against AP item 3068 against AD and/or item 3047

If you want to be totally ham just go item 3285 item 3165 item 3157 item 3020 item 3135 item 3089

Need Gold 4 TentApr 26, 20171 votes

Ah, just how I like him. One thing though, I absolutely hate having to buy any CDR but it is extremely important especially to AP Malph especially midgame (your entire existence is your ult). I go 30% scaling CDR in runes, so I get to rush item 3285 item 3089 . The only CDR item I find worth getting is hourglass for its dual scaling on Malphite and the active. My final build is usually item 3157 item 3135 item 3041 item 3117 .

item 3041 is risky, but risky sums up AP Malphite in general. I get the item 1082 either as a first item or after the item 1058 in item 3285 and only upgrade if the game goes well (if you're not snowballing, you're probably losing anyways). Sometimes its worth just getting an early item 3108 component of item 3157 to increase your ult uptime but not worth finishing early due to the lousy AP it gives.

DokkaebiApr 26, 20171 votes

No mana items? His mana costs are incredibly high and even non-cdr Malphite suffers from them.

Need Gold 4 TentApr 27, 20171 votes

never had a problem with ap malphite, but for tank malphite top, definitely. might be the difference in setup and playstyles.

as tank malph top, i spam E and W pretty much every time they are off CD to both farm and harass, so gauntlet rush is pretty much mandatory.

as ap malph though, I rarely harass except to just use up mana when I have nearly 100% mana so that mana regen and dorans ring passive is not wasted. Strange concept, I know. I only increase the poking at level 5 to prepare for a kill at 6, which is pretty much keeping them at kill range (about 3/5 hp of a squishy), which you don't really have to spam for unless they are sustainers, in which case, there might be problems.

that being said, for ap malphite, i run scaling mana regen yellows instead of armor which might explain why i never had that problem.