Malphite/Strategy

==Strategy==

Ability Usage

 * Malphite's individual skills scale with different stats. Analyze the enemy team to determine which is the best skill and item path for that game.
 * Malphite has severe mana-eating problems throughout the entire game. is a very useful summoner spell to have throughout a match.
 * If your enemy is on low health and they are behind a wall, can go through walls and you can pick up a kill easily.
 * Due to Malphite's, and , he is extremely well-suited to a tanking and initiating role.
 * Malphite's ultimate ability is unstoppable and cannot be interrupted by disables which makes him a great initiator.
 * Using will cause  to deal more damage due to the increased armor.
 * Malphite's standard combo is first activating, charging in with , then ending with . With a high amount of armor, this combo can shut down multiple enemies at once, especially if they're melee-DPS.
 * Malphite's combined with other champions' abilities like  can incapacitate most or all of the enemy team members for several seconds.
 * Remember, if a team fight is about to start or you are solo mid have your shield up to absorb enemy harass.
 * Malphite excels at being an Anti-Carry, designed to stop Carries in their tracks with his and then destroy them with his extremely high damage output.
 * Jungling works especially well on Malphite as his can negate most of the Golem's damage at level one, meaning that Malphite can kill the Golem on an Offensive or Defensive build with just a  and 4 s. Skill Order for Jungling, EWEQER for the first 6 levels, after that you should start ganking, preferably squishy melee-DPS ( or ).

Build Usage

 * Malphite specializes in tanking physical damage due to his heavy focus on armor, but be sure to get at least a decent amount of MR when facing multiple AP opponents (your armor will have little effect on or ).
 * Most of your items should give you at least a small amount of armor. gains a massive amount of damage from armor, and  increases the damage even further, based on armor.
 * will often be your primary damage ability, so buying items like that give you Armor and Cooldown Reduction will help tremendously. Give Malph some DPS/Tank gear and he becomes a deadly initiator and anti-carry.