What is Malphite made out of?

Hyper10sion·3/7/2017, 7:12:15 PM·2 votes·1,565 views

I am trying to figure out what kind of material Malphite is made out of or if there is a real world comparison, so i can compare his height and mass to that of new Galio. Does anyone know of any place where Rioters have said what makes up Malphite or if he compares to a real world material?
EDIT: I mean what kind of rock specifically?

13 Comments

Zezockary3/7/2017, 7:48:08 PM2 votes

When he is brown, like in his splash art, he has a coating of granite on him. I know that because his passive is called "Granite Shield".

When that falls off he is a brown rock that looks like it is melted. Looking at different volcanic rocks, he kinda looks like this red basalt. http://earth2geologists.net/grandmanangeology/MineralPhotos/volcanic_redmud.JPG

Basalt turns red when it is exposed to air and water for a long time. It is naturally brown or black.

EDIT: There are some brown granites too and it is a volcanic rock as well, so he could be made out of that all the way through and his shell is just that cooling.

Dabrick013/7/2017, 7:15:50 PM1 votes

He is from a distant realm.

I would assume that his makeup is not classifiable by our science or that of Runeterra. We may be able to make some guesses based on the properties of the rock that we can see in the game, which is not much.

I may be an aspiring Geologist, but I don't know enough now to make a guess.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo3/7/2017, 7:16:32 PM1 votes

i think he is made of solid rock...

he even says so in game

Ralanr3/7/2017, 7:14:39 PM1 votes

Probably multiple different types of stone or whatever makes up mountains (I don't know if mountains are normally the same type or rock or multiple types. Probably both).

Shadòw3/7/2017, 7:26:49 PM1 votes

stone

Grimm Howl3/7/2017, 7:58:08 PM1 votes

Well his passive is called Granite Shield, so that might give an idea.

Ebonmaw Dragon3/7/2017, 7:17:30 PM1 votes

I think that he is made of different minerals, just like a mountain.

... or maybe he is made of a pile of pixels.