Talk:Malphite/@comment-4620277-20111202101706/@comment-49.147.141.58-20111202171802

IMO, the main problem with malphite, especially at high levels, is his laning. He's not the best pick for top lane, and he's mediocre at dual lane. This means most of the time, you're going to have a hard time farming. Add in the fact that his ganking is really strong once you hit level 6 (and thus you need to roam and help out losing lanes).

Because of these, most of the time I'm forced to get philo and hoG, then build tanky. You need to make the best use of the money you get and focus on your core tanky items asap.