Talk:Malphite/@comment-5208038-20120621133217/@comment-68.98.9.242-20120621223711

His ult has been getting repeatedly de-bugged as well, which is a very big reason as to why he's starting to show up more. It's not worth picking a champion when there is a chance (and what used to be a fair chance at that) that your ult will simply not go off, and you'll throw yourself into the enemy team without hard cc or damage. Potentially botching an engage, getting yourself killed, or baiting yourself into a death if you happen to turn around in a 1v1 expecting the dmg/cc to aid in a neck and neck win.

Now that his ult is more and more reliable and not prone to having no knockup/dmg he's a much more stable pick.