Talk:Malphite/@comment-139.130.57.34-20101107215118/@comment-88.240.26.208-20101115212812

Not true. If you're going to play him as a tank no matter what and you have zero build elasticity.

Malphite does great against very squishy champs or mages; that is, if you try a hybrid build.

Start with Meki Pendant and 2 pots, go Q / W / Q / E / Q / R and harrass the shit out of enemy pair after 3rd level. Go for Tears of the Goddess asap, then Abyssal Scepter, Zeal, and turn TotG to Manamune.

Laning tactic is that harrass enemy until they're really low, then use ulti to get a kill.

Actually lately I've started going with this build even for DPS/AS enemies, simply because it gives you a cutting edge in the beginning, preventing from farm in most cases.