Talk:Malphite/Strategy/@comment-146.229.185.9-20120828003908/@comment-9280387-20131218174557

This comment is rather old so i'm assuming it was the pre nerf to malph's ap ratios.

But just so someone doesnt come bye and doesnt read the date and then complains that you led them astray, I'll just clarify this.

I dont know what malph was like because I've only been playing since Diana was released. But right now, Malphite has a 20% ap ratio on his glacial shard and a 80-100% ratio on his ult. So with his combo he only does 120% of his ap. which is just TERRIBLE considering most apc's do upwards of 250% right now. His armor ratio for his ground slam is alright considering the lower cooldown it has. Honestly, the best thing for malphite is tank and ad items.

Full ad malphite is just going full retard, unless you clarify with your team what you're doing and they can build around it, or you're pro lcs and build T-force to itemize against the opponent building mr to negate malph's damage, (as most of his damage is magic.) So that's why you see most people ignoring malphite because he does so little damage, and he should be going full tank as that's his job, and his passive gives him 10% of his health as a regenerating barrier, which is nice in lane if you can manage it.