Talk:Malphite/@comment-14377965-20130806115022/@comment-2143859-20131218080954

I found myself in a 3v3 once with Malphite against Riven, Jax and Irelia. Things were going badly and my teammates fed...untill I finished my frozen heart and Randuin's.

By the end of the game I had FH, Randuin, Ninja Tabi, Sunfire, Abyssal, and Thornmail. Right near the end of the game I found myself going against all three of them at full health after they'd just killed my teammates. Jax died first, tried to jump out but it was too late and sunfire finished him. Riven and Irelia kept trying, and got me really low before Riven died and Irelia decided to make a run for it. Q + ult which just came off cooldown after being used at the beginning of the fight, and my team was up in time to help me push to win.

I also had a game where I jungled him and every lane fed. Since I couldn't do much, I just farmed and only ganked a couple of times when it was almost a sure thing. After losing mid inhib at 20 minutes in things looked bad...then I got a double kill and two assists. Suddenly my feeding teammates were getting fed and the whole game turned around. Memories like that do make me miss Bronze.....at least a little bit.

Moral of the stories: Built right, Malphite can singlehandedly shut down just about any ad autoattacker. If you're last pick and the enemy team has 3 or more AD champs, he's definitely worth considering as a counter. Since I mostly jungle him, I don't pick him to counter a lane opponent, but rather to counter the enemy's whole team comp. If the enemy team is low on autoattackers, or heavy on armor penetration champs (Darius and Vi) or AP, or if I'm an early pick, then I'll pick a different champ.