Talk:Malphite/@comment-26808509-20170125205147/@comment-4091261-20170126155812

Oh I was assuming this is jungle we are talking about. lane is ridiculously easily bullied out by anyone with good pokes. Even, just throw in and.

I consider along the lines of the battle mages. She's definitely a tank, but anyone would be a fool to say she pump out that deal that damage output.

I don't play top all that much, so I had no idea Top was a thing. I just know that in general, battlemages are good against his kit. I find it a bit strange that isn't actually doing that great, but then again his overall performance is absolutely pathetic for some reason--again don't really play top so I have no idea why. However champions like and  are examples of success against.

They employ the same tactics as, but they synergize better with items against the matchup. can choose to build against them, however they can do the same exact thing and even better. Especially since they can invest in to minimize the poking aspect, which  cannot do effectively.

A concern to really be acute about with poking champions is maintaining a strong level of sustain. poke is nothing to scoff at and investing in armor pen too much may cause a shift away from enough sustain to actually maintain a presence in lane. The most important part of bullying in lane is being able to stay in lane longer than the enemy.

That said, some investment in sustain with things like and  will be valuable in winning the matchup as an  poking champion as delaying the armor pen investment is simply not an option.

All I gotta say after this is good luck on surviving the mid game. If decided to build, then you just either gotta roam out of there or build something like. It'll be a rough life if ignoring defense if he goes when he's level 6.