Heya guys, (or girls=), i really like malphites concept, skins, i like tanks, gets not used a lot so he original, and from what i know he is pretty decent. soooooo, do you think i should save ip for him or should i get a different champion? (Explanations would be GREAT=)
Just learn his ult for teamfights... People are braindead in solo Q when it comes to teamfighting.. you can be the person that picks the fights and initiate at proper times.. that's what truly make shim so good is he can front line inititate so damn hard. Don't be afraid to ultimate to peel people off your carries too that helps tons as well.
prob one of the best tank/toplaners to play as tank :), great dmg, great armor vs ad champs, sunfire + E is nice waveclear, solid engage --> if you use malph ult there is no way your team will ignore your engage so you will always get follow up + you are the shotcaller to engage cuz your ult is awsome :p, great wombo combo :), i would say go for it ^^ you will get great results if you main him! goodluck summoner
Malphite is a great champion. He only does well top lane though and support. Jungle his wave clear is way too slow and he cannot solo objectives. He is a great Mid pick vs a primarily AD team. I usually only pick him if their team has 4 ad champions, cause it is just so fun building only armor and watching no one can stop you. LOL
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Malphite is a great top laner. He's especially good versus assassins and range champs. You just have to play safe early and then their damage (or lack thereof) is laughable. Take advantage of your passive even if you have to miss some CS.
A lot of Malphites make the mistake of not building CDR, make sure you remember! CDR is a MUST
He's good but seems pretty boring. He's almost a juggernaut without his R and against AD.
personally, against auto reliant top laners or sustainers(q costs too much mana to even bother at that point), i like to just say "frig it" and go E max and anti ADC with stuff with iceborne gauntlet/thornmail, its pretty shitty to have to fight against.
Here's some adviCe.
Helps that he isn't that expensive, so he's a fairly easy buy.
Someone prior to me said CDR, but mana is a big necessity, and he can faily easily pick up a Frozen Heart or Iceborn Guantlet and get decent synergy with it (i recommend Iceborn for the extra AoE damage and slow, just gotta get the spell-auto weaving).
Because of his need for mana, don't spam Q, at least not until after you have one of the two above or Glacial Shroud (component of both). Rank 1 Q uses about 1/4-1/5 of his mana pool, and can room out of mana quickly when spamming it.
Personally, I focus on his W, as it increases his armour by a percentage, increases his waveclear due to AoE autos when activated, and it also increases his E's damage due to the increased armour and E's armour ratio. Max W you can end up over 200 armour with one armour item...depending on which one it is. From there you can either build more or itemize differently depending on what you're up against (Warmog's is also nice for him).
When in lane, play around his Passive shield as best as you can, since it's a few extra autos you can soak up when farming. The shield is equal to 10% of Malphite's max health.
His ult is the key. Very fast AoE knockup. Too strong in my personal opinion and why i want him to get more work done, but it is what it is for now. As said elsewhere, it is a great engage, especially for wombo combos (yasuo loves malphite's ultimate).
Once you're in the fight, if you went with Iceborn Gauntlet, weave your autos between abilities as best as you can to get the Sheen procs for slightly more AoE damage and an AoE slow with a fairly wide radius due to Malphite's bonus armour rating.
