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Malphite W Max

Mecha MaIphite·6/19/2015, 6:26:05 PM·1 votes·1,953 views

After the recent changes, I've been trying a new approach to playing Malphite. I've mained this champ since I started playing, and although I haven't really touched him, his new W has really made me pick him up again and take more of an AP bruiser approach to him.

Here is his W. PASSIVE: Malphite gains additional armor. ARMOR INCREASE: 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30% ACTIVE: For 6 seconds, Malphite's basic attacks deals additional physical damage to the target and nearby units. PHYSICAL SPLASH DAMAGE: 25 / 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 (+ 15% AP)

He doesn't gain as much bonus armour as the old W, but it's now up permanently. The bonus AD portion was removed and replaced with an AP scaling, meaning building a bit of AP is even more rewarding. The AoE is also now part of the active.

My old playstyle was that when I would trade, I would keep it short; use my abilities, and use the movespeed from my Q to either run away before they retaliate or to keep chasing them if I was going ham. Now, I like to max W and use it as my main trading tool, with my Q and my E being there more for the utility than the damage.

The pros are that trading now takes a lot less mana, I now have decent DPS from my W's uptime, and I fare a lot better against AD champions with a lot of harass due to the bonus armour. The waveclear from W is also surprisingly good. However, this also means I don't have very good poke damage, and that I won't be making the most out of my passive due to the longer trades.

4 Comments

Drunk Rummate6/19/2015, 6:36:40 PM1 votes

W max with a sunfire + thornmail build would be devastating in the early-mid game I imagine. Especially if your team can blow up whatever source of magic damage they have and take it out of the fight quickly.

Randomonium6/19/2015, 9:47:09 PM1 votes

Interesting idea. I usually jungle Malphite and max E first for more burst and faster jungle clear. I could see maxing W first would be useful in some lane matchups though. I'll try maxing W first when I jungle with him next time and see how it works out.

junglerboy166/20/2015, 12:31:31 AM1 votes

I would 100% max this first if jungling, since the clear and durability it gives are superior to either of his other abilities. In lane, I would only max it vs a very AD heavy laner (say pantheon or Fiora), because the poke from his Q and the anti all in power of his E are both stronger in lane outside that situation.