Malphite's Nerf/Buff.
I feel his new nerf/buff about his W only giving him a better armour buff really hurts his jungling potential.
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RIP AD 
Its actually a huge buff overall though. I don't know if you all saw but he gets a 30% armor bonus now..... That is gigantic. Hes going to be as heavily armored as someone like rammus. Plus making his W scale on AP lets him itemize more efficiently too which is great.
Um... I think I have a solution to this. Don't play jungle Malphite?
Malphite's W change is honestly the most random dumb change I've seen in this game in awhile. I have yet to see someone who even agrees with this change in the forums or even feels that a change is at all necessary...
AD Malphite has been dead since they removed Sword of the Divine. I miss the build, but I think this change will make Malphite a pretty big lane bully fairly quickly.
If it resets his autoattacks when he activates it and also does damage based on the armor he built.
It was a huge buff to top lane Malphite, minor nerf to jungle Malphite's clear time, minor buff for both top lane and jungle Malphite's teamfighting/squirmishing.
By moving the armor bonus to the passive side of the ability, it will conserve mana on ganks, as you will no longer need to cast W before you cast E (as E scales off armor). You still can cast W if you want the additional damage during the ganks, but it isn't required like it used to be.
It will hurt his jungle clear because he went from AoE damage passively for the smaller camps to requiring mana to cast W to get the AoE. But he will be more durable because he will always have the bonus armor, rather than having to cast to get it.
Overall, I think it was a solid change. It will slow jungle malph down a little, but W only costs 25 mana, so it won't be such a big deal to cast it at every other camp. And it helps his passive resistances, which is nice.
I doubt it will make him any more or any less viable than he is right now. A lateral move, if you will.
What are the exact changes to his w?