Talk:Malphite/@comment-212.117.1.33-20120710114330/@comment-76.110.188.165-20120713082318

I have no idea why people say Olaf is a great counter to Malphite. He has a axe he can throw at you for little damage. His sustain isn't that great and it requires him to attack things which with decent harrass is impossible for him to do and when he does fight you the life steal doesn't get anything out of you because he can't damage you. His true damage does go through armor but he takes damage from this as well. His ult won't help because by the time he activates it he's probably already dead. Most lane fights with Olaf turn out like this.

Olaf throws some axes and you send out shards. While you can dodge the axes the shards are homing and always hit, and even if you do get hit your sheild absorbs the damage. Olaf gets poked to about half HP by shards. He goes in to attack for some life steal but wait, ground slam and auto attacks send him packing and maybe he'll throw a axe at you out of discomfort. He goes up to you for some true damage hits but your shard in combination with ground slam puts you ahead on damage. Olaf is scared and playing very safe. Malphite waits until he hits 400 or lower HP, Ultimate->Shard->Ground Slam->AA as needed or ignite if player has it, Olaf dies and rinse and repeat till laning phase ends.