Originally Posted by
Chreeys
How do you play malphite?
classic malphite build goes something likee...
> solo top *at least those 2 games *
depending on who i'm up against i choose right at the beginning what to max. if they are someone who needs to be shut down and has good melee harass i'll get my q or if they have lots of stuns etc but if im sure i can get up close with no problem i'll max my E with one in Q because malphites E is fucking ridiculous damage and trust me, you get in a teamfight at level 11~ when people don't have full situational items etc you will have a huge presence.
> to play safe, i go cloth armor x3 or (4)
> sometimes, rewgrowth pendant into philo stone is better because regardless of what you start with you should ALWAYS get philo stone in a solo lane imo and this just cuts the price in half from the beginning.
> normally get level 1 boot, hp pot, green ward
> if have enough money will finish philo stone asap and skip boots but get next
> giants belt/chain vest. chain vest if you're laning against someone like tryndamere or gp solo so you shut them down and can harass more easily without taking damage
> sunfire
> this is where it gets weird, because by this time i'm usually pretty fed due to malphite being an amazing solo queue top and i'll just go straight for guardians angel
> if i'm still too squishy i'll build banshees, but if i find my health is OK then i'll go force of nature instead
> now that you have a good amount of MR/ARM, probably sitting at about 200~ for each or a bit lower, you can build pretty much anything you want that's tanky and still destroy in teamfights
atm your inventory should look like ..
Merc Treads/Ninja Tabi *focus on who's carrying the most and predict who will the entire game*
Philo stone
Sunfire
Banshees/Force of Nature
x2 green ward and/or a pink ward to counter solo top ward so your jungler can gank.
(should get a pink ward if you can afford early, because, as said above, it lets your jungler able to come in undetected.
Now, there's a few routes you can go here.
Satisfied with your tanking ability? Build Shurelyas if your team isnt because you already have philo stone (your support usually does though) and it will greatly help you chase teamfights because it's more or less a sivirs ult in a smaller form except no attack speed. build RANDUINS for extra armor, health and that AMAZING active ability that you HAVE to remember to use because it can honestly win a teamfight.
at this point you should have won the game and your last item can be up to you.
i play agressive with harass because of his passive and that usually zones out top lane, even some of the best top lane champs if played right.