Talk:Malphite/@comment-24.211.180.71-20121222025128/@comment-109.121.36.137-20121222152637

Your friend is obviously blind.

If you check VI's damage type she deals only physical damage just like Riven or Talon, and Malphite just loves those champions.

If your friends says: DERP she shreds 20% of armor HERP, then you just tell him to shove that 20% you know where. Guess what Malphite can increase his armor by 40% when he presses W. So not only it counters her armor shred completely but it has 20% more armor, even if she built black cleaver which can reduce 25% of armor +20% in her skills that will reduce 45% of your armor. So all in all you will get your armor reduced by 5% which is laughable.

But take caution. Activate W before engaging because if you do it after she reduces your armor you won't counter her armor penetration that well.

Without Black cleaver you don't have to pre activate it.

Also Malphite is more of a disruptor that heavily reduces attack speed and movement speed. VI is more of Riven kind, she has less disables than Malph and less survivabilty but more damage.