I really hate facing a Malphite jung

RebeccaUCuber·10/8/2019, 6:08:47 PM·6 votes·3,558 views

His full ap builds is really strong in all stages of the game, and i really dont feel outplayed when a malph just smashes his keyboard after hid ultimate. Thanks to his natural bulk and defense, he can survive early camps with no worries, and after lv 6 surviving his ganks is just almost impossible. this build is also used more and more frequently in top lane...it shows how this meta is built around dmg and only that. I mean, Malph uses to be a tank...

Do you face him often too?

14 Comments

zlajo10/9/2019, 7:28:04 AM6 votes

Ye, ap malph is used alot lately. But he falls off the moment everyone on your team buys an MR item.

Problem is that rarely anyone thinks about counter itemization, they just go their full dmg potential build every time. Adaptability is something a lot of players don't like to do.

Ap Malph is like that. He is strong early game and you have to play extra safe not to feed the enemy and get to mid game where ap malph starts to fall off.

He is just a onte trick pony, that is a liability to his team if he cant kill anyone with his R+ E combo. Good champions to counter him in ranked are Janna, Zilean, Lulu, while squishy champions with no mobility are his favorite food, so pick and itemize accordingly. ( for example, when i get RoA and Banshee with zilean, he cant one shot me anymore).

Ap malph is useles if he cant one shot players, he will die in 2 seconds and will kill none, while a tank malph will contribute much better and more in late game .

14daysuspensionk10/9/2019, 8:28:14 AM2 votes

It only gets worse if they have a Yasuo.

Super Sandmanne10/8/2019, 7:28:51 PM1 votes

I feel like that build is going to disapear when other malph players catch on to how hard his W damage scales with armor. Against teams with limited magic damage there really isn't any point to building AP instead of armor

Starcraft243ver10/9/2019, 9:37:30 AM1 votes

His full ap builds is really strong in all stages of the game

No it's bad in late game when people buy any magic defense items

He's feast or famine, and even if he's fed he can't carry in late if his opponents have a functionning brain and buy zonia/banshee/maw

xelaker10/9/2019, 3:23:43 PM1 votes

item 1033

JackMcCarry10/10/2019, 1:42:46 PM1 votes

this build is also used more and more frequently in top lane...it shows how this meta is built around dmg and only that. I mean, Malph uses to be a tank...

Nah, he always had this absurd ratios, my friend kinda mains him, and he would frequently go full AP for as long as i remember, ALWAYS 1 shotting anyone who isnt a tank.

Yes, his damage is kinda fucked up.