Talk:Malphite/@comment-4964269-20120720183250/@comment-4834593-20120725211052

"I am dead serious. Low elo players are so scared to face their counterpicks. They never think about playing passively..."

My ELO is 1100. That's low, right?

Well, I can tell you that I am not only not scared about my counterpicks, I say that hard counters don't EXIST. At least, not in champions. Only with the right combination of champions + items, you can hard counter someone. Some examples: Malphite hard counters Vladimir if he takes Mercury Threads + Chalice of Harmony + Abyssal Scepter early, because Vladimir will deal very little damage against so much magic resistance, while Malphite can harras as much as Vladimir can (thanks to Chalice), and deals a lot of damage thanks to that ability power from Abyssal Scepter, and the lowered magic resistance (even when full tank, so not even AP, Malph deals far more magic than physical damage). Another one is this one: Warwick + Wits End hard counters Malphite because it deals magic damage, he gains magic resistance, and he has high sustain. Just like this, Nasus + Ninja Tabi + a lot of health pots counters Teemo, because he can just farm and take health pots, and ignore Teemo's harras. And go in for the kill if he feels like.

In short, if I get counterpicked, I don't go whine, I go think what items I should buy early to win my lane, and proceed to do this. Don't generalize please.