Talk:Riven/@comment-77.100.244.225-20120411025847/@comment-155.69.203.1-20120413130106

^What the person above me said. Malphite is meant to be a counter to melee DPS's, such as Wukong, GP, etc. His passive and tankiness is pretty much a measure to drain the lane opponent of their resources before attacking when they can't respond well. The fact that Riven is resourceless in itself is what gives her the edge over him. Malphite is someone meant to support the gank when his jungler comes about; hence the ranged slow and knock up ulti. You said yourself that Malphite is meant to be built AD, yet his abilities don't scale with AD. He severely lacks the firepower to take down another bruiser opponent on his own without draining them through a 'war of attrition' first. And that wasn't a personal attack; it was an equal retaliation to your comment.