Talk:Malphite/@comment-92.30.132.155-20120222183805/@comment-4843765-20120222192348

Building AP isn't the best route since Malphite only has two AP scaling abilities and one of them is an ultimate. If you want to be bursty, stacking armor is always a good route as Ground Slam scales much better in terms of damage and your overall tankiness is improved.

Personally, I have been testing a tanky DPS build recently and have found it to be quite successful. Malphite has very good AS gains and Brutal Strikes is an amazing AD + DEF steroid. I build typical tanky DSP items: Wriggles, Wits Ends, Frozen Mallet, and Randuins. Wriggles builds out of the jungle and synergies well with Ground Slam while Frozen Mallet is a good source for damage and health. With just Wits Ends your AS gets to a very respectable level, which when coupled with Brutal Strikes allows you to dish out very good damage. Randuins is the most cost-effective armor item as it gives awesome uniques on top of armor and health bonuses. I usually end with Atma, Frozen Heart, or some kind of MR item depending on the direction of the match.