I've been playing league since beta. Open beta that is. Season 2 has just begun. I figured I will do a little writing about it. I have been playing a ton of Malphite. He rocks, all puns aside. Very powerful character. I can solo lane top or mid and dominate. Slowly whittling people away as I regen through their pitiful damage. I use a pretty specific rune page too with him. I figure I'll write a little guide about how I play my tank Malphite.
Runes, lets start here. I use a majority of magic resistance per level. 52 by 18. Its not a ton but its way more than enough. I also use 8.1 hp regen flat runes. Quints and yellows mainly become those. That regen helps a TON. With out it I wouldn't be able to pull off the stuff I do.
My first skill is E. Followed by W. Then E followed by Q.Then I focus on maxing E. Basically R>E>W>Q Its real simple.
Items: Well I know my first item is always a sunfire cape. Its great on malphite. Armor? Check. Health? Check. AoE fire bonus is just icing on the cake. With E and W and a sunfire you become a farming god. Aoe passive melee cleave is really nice with a sunfire. After that well I get boots. Usually merc treds seals the deal with my MR runes. Alternatively I get move speed 3 boots because it helps chase and get into that fight. Now I usually build a warmogs here. The hp and regen is really nice. But depending on what happens I may just get a thorn mail or a force of nature. Usually its the warmogs. By this point (15 min) those AD carrys aren't too much of a problem due to the slow caked by your E. Following the warmogs comes a thornmail or force of nature. I decide this by: do they have a trynd or other heavy AD guy? If no then force of nature. Force of nature after a warmogs really helps boost your survival. Even if you dont need the MR you get major regen and bonus regen based on how much hp you have. As well as move speed which is always welcome on my tanks. Then now you can play around with items. Thornmails are still good but you may want to look at a Randuin's Omen. Its really nice. Hp, Armor, Regen, CDR, passive attack slow, and even an active slow. Go stack that on with your E.
Usually you should of won by now. Other wise go for whatever else. HP is always welcome. Warmogs are always awesome. Alternatively look towards mana and hp items because he has really bad mana. Like trin force, rod of ages or even banshees. Banshees would be nice if they have brand or heavy AP team. Even with mercs, fon, and the runes you can still make the casters cry more. Trin force is just all around nice for its bonuses. You may not use all of them but extra punching power never hurts. As well as move speed and mana.
How to play him solo. Hmm, well thats easy. Walk up and E then step back. Harass with his E and farm minions too. Your focus is to farm more than the enemies are. The faster you get that sunfire = the better. Harass with E. Use W to farm harder or mitigate damage. Q to harass guys and keep them at bay. You would be suprised how fast the enemies run when you smack them in the face with a 80 damage piece of mud. Even if it doesn't do much they will wig out and run away. Eventually (usually around lv 5 or 6) that E will hurt a lot. You may of whittled them down low enough to get a kill or two. I usually hang near the tower and harass. At lv 6 you probably can get an easy kill with R, W, E, and then Q and/or ignite. After you destroy some people and get some items the game becomes much easier. Just run in and E or R then E.
Summoner spells are real easy. You shouldn't be spamming spells all day and should be playing fairly passively at first. So things like heal and clarity are laughable. I just use ignite and teleport. People may argue the use of teleport but it allows me to get a lot of farm. You could run with whatever else you want but I love ignite. I wouldn't go with out it. Easy lv 6 kills happen because of it. But I guess you can use whatever else. Flash and ghost aren't bad. Depending on how you use them.
Malphite takes a little finesse and practice at first. Hes pretty unique but really powerful. Early game farm is really big on him for early game domination. Also avoid taking early lane damage obviously, when applicable. He is strong and can take a beating though. But even he has his limits.
I hope this helps some people figure him out. Good luck everyone.
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