Talk:Malphite/@comment-3493296-20150612134702/@comment-24057740-20150612150534

Malphite in lane has serious mana problems, especialy because you have to use your Q if you don't want to get destroyed. So Frozen Heart is not only because of it's armor better then TBC.

The next thing is, Boots of Swiftness doesn't bring something malphite needs. He already has great stickiness to a target through movementspeed steal from Q. And if you pick malphite your probably against an AD-toplaner get your ninjatabis today and never look back. Or if your enemy has a crazy amount of CC you will need tenacity ass soon as possible, or you won't stick to your target.

So here we go to the next thing -> Wit's End. Most of malphites dmg during a teamfight comes upfront. You jump in with your ultimate Q someone hit E and start to AA. Wit's End won't help your burst here.

Suddenly the whole thing of AS in the toplane doesn't seem useful and you would be better with hybrid penetration and CDR from offensive masterys, or more mana and better cockys from utility.

As a jungler AS is the way to go, because it increases your clearspeed a lot. But in this case you will build Cinderhulk and after that you should maximise your defense through health and resistants.