User blog comment:AtheistUntoDeath/Which of these Champions would win? Part 3/@comment-24946635-20140519153120

I've been keeping track, and this is what I've seen so far for arguments:

Pro Galio

1. He flies. ++Maneuverability ++height advantage ++Malphite's Q won't hurt him

2. He can heal himself based off of his enemy's attacks

3. He appears to be made from tougher material

4. He has ranged magic attacks, some of which are concussive and could potentially shatter Malphite

5. Malphite's passive won't help him if he's in constant combat.

Pro Malphite

1. He is potentially huge, as in 10x bigger than Galio

2. He is rock, and this is a rock environment

3. If he ever gets in close, his kit will give him a huge advantage

4. Galio might not actually be agile in the air. His flying animation is similar to very clumsy birds and he never gets a bonus in-game from wings, like a dash or a boost or someting.

I've already thrown in my two cents before, but I'm saying again that I'm for Malphite in this battle. So I want to add two key facets of the battle that I feel are being misrepresented, which is focused on the basic idea that Galio will just keep circling around Malphite, spewing lasers like there's no tomorrow, while Malphite is desperately trying to regrow his skin.

Galio's attacks are hard to land. His Q in particular has a very obvious casting animation, followed by a SLOW projectile. So let's remember that Malphite can actually dodge Galio's blasts, especially if Galio is staying out of the range of Malphite's ult, which is only 180 less than E and 60 MORE than Q. Even if Malph's ult is down or he can't use it in real life against air units ( I think he can, though. He can use it to dash through walls, so it's definitely magic-assisted), those moves have CD's of 7 and 12 seconds, for an average rate of 1 every 9.5 seconds. Galio is many things, but he's definitely not a fast-firing laser master.

There also appears to be a misconception that Malphite starts regrowing his skin only if he's out of combat. He actually starts regrowing if he hasn't taken damage in 10-8-6 seconds. (CD lowers as he levels up, but 10 is the highest.) So he can shoot and fight and run and dodge and still regrow his skin; he doesn't have to focus or take a rest to do it. The only thing that will prevent him from regrowing his skin is being hit. I think that this means that Malphite will spend most of the battle with his shield UP at full.