Why do I despise malphite so much?

ANGUSdaGUY··3 votes·651 views

Yes, I'm bronze, angry and on a losing streak, flame about that later but since season 3 I have always hated malphite with a passion. No matter what role it is that im playing. He's such an in general safe pick. What's not good about a teamwide HIGH knockup that just lets him chain in the rest of his abilities before everyone even touches the ground. It's like he doesnt even have to work for it. I get he's supposed to be designed to be a moving mountain but jesus he just slides right into your backline and he's tanky enough to stay there and do whatever he wants there. Isnt there a better way for him to represent a moving mountain? i dont think mountains float through terrain and champions like a ghost until they've diced to blow my adc's back out. He's been a staple for wombo combos for years simply because his engage is so halfbrained that just anyone can do it. I know if you time the flash just right then you can dodge it but the concern isnt even me (even though I nearly always get hit), its about my teammates, people in bronze dont have that type reaction speed. I just have to sit there and watch while my team gets blown up unless i pick a champ with an equally bs ult. (sej, amumu, etc.), even then its not like i'll stop malphite from ulting and there's no taking him out before the taemfight because raw tank. That infinite slow crap he does with his Q bugs me too. get hit by one and it's baiting out your flash so he doesnt repetively Q, AA, AA, AA, Q, AA, AA, AA, you flash he ults. wow, well done. That was a very satisfying way to go out.

8 Comments

redniwediS1 votes

Don't worry, it's normal to irrationally hate a champion for years on end. To this day I still find myself banning Fiddlesticks, because fuck Fiddlesticks.

That's normal, right?

ANGUSdaGUY1 votes

Oh yeah, screw fiddlesticks man.

Rain NT1 votes

I dont know, if anyone main top since season 1.. we should all know and mastered champions who counters Malphite. Tbh I love it when I see malphite blind pick into me. And personally I never blind pick Malphite either, and tbh barely anyone plays malphite up here in diamond. THE TRUE ELO HELL... Trust I know cause I have been infected by them, everyone here plays this game like its a normal games, hey lets test 25 different champions you havent played before in diamond ranked.... woohooo, yeah I do it too though.. people up here just dont care anymore

AlwaysByMySide1 votes

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and tbh barely anyone plays malphite up here in diamond.

http://www.lolking.net/champions/malphite?region=na&map=sr&queue=1x1&league=diamond#statistics

A 9-12% play rate is not low. It's much higher than most other top laners.

Zalieri1 votes

Play pantheon in lane and win

ANGUSdaGUY1 votes

this works?

AlwaysByMySide1 votes

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Play pantheon in lane and win

Don't take this man's advice, like holy shit. Pantheon is super snowball reliant, and you can't snowball against a good Malphite as Pantheon. He's just going to build straight armour and you'll never be able to kill him. Malphite dominates Pantheon 1v1 the moment he gets sunfire cape.

Zalieri1 votes

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Don't take this man's advice, like holy shit. Pantheon is super snowball reliant, and you can't snowball against a good Malphite as Pantheon. He's just going to build straight armour and you'll never be able to kill him. Malphite dominates Pantheon 1v1 the moment he gets sunfire cape.

You are early game god as pantheon. Play aggressive hard. If they build armor, then build black cleaver. One of two things is going to happen he is going to fight you and lose, or he will not farm and try to have the lane frozen at his tower. If he gets sunfire cape deaths dance or ravenous hyrdra is fine. You have sustain with these items he doesn't. Most "good " malphites will try to rush a frozen heart and end up not being very tanky because of it. Armor vs Crit and true dmg

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