The Malphite Rework
Greetings, readers and Rioteers. I've come to introduce a suggestion of a well thought out and balanced set of abilities for the inevitable Malphite rework that will come. As some one who plays Malphite regularly and considers him a main, even I know that his unpredictable kit of abilities and their speed is both slightly disadvantaging and entirely inappropriate for a massive behemoth of stone.
A behemoth of stone shouldn't be able to fire off as quick as a bullet from a gun chamber. Malphite's appearance is also- ...rather 'hillbilly' like in his default skin. Truly, when one looks upon Malphite's splash art, they see this massive and intimidating son of stone smashing away his lessers. In game? What on earth.. Entirely different.
In conclusion, here are my suggestions. I hope you like them..
Q Tremor Spike: Malphite throws a (skill shot) shard of razor-sharp earth that slows his opponent for a brief amount of time. The ability scales with AP and armor, respectively. If Malphite's passive is up (his granite shield, which shouldn't be changed.) the shard splits off into multiple pieces, dealing additional damage. This effect can only happen every 5 seconds.
W: Monolith Song: Malphite's shell hardens and grows spikes of stone, increasing his armor by (X amount, you decide.) and granting him a similar effect to that of Thornmail.
E: Earthquake: Malphite rears his hands up above him and slams his fist into the earth, creating a small (cone shaped in front of him.) wall of stone that lasts for 3 seconds. The wall can be broken and the damage from the ability's slam scales with AP.
R: Unstoppable Force: Malphite takes a single second (Or 1.5) to prepare himself for a massive leap forward. After doing so, Malphite launches himself into the enemy crowd and slams his fists into the soil beneath him, knocking them up. The ability scales with AP.
I feel this would be a realistic kit for the Malphite update, one that stays true to him, his character and is balanced. As for his in game model? Good heavens, just make him look like his splash art. Obviously not as massive as he is in the splash, but at least the size of Sion. Let me know what you think.
