User blog comment:Leyrann/Hard counters./@comment-65.184.250.39-20120731072421

A support malphite can't effectively harass sivir. They just spell shield it. An ad carry cant farm great with an urgot around. A pure physical damage champion isnt going to do well against a solo top malphite - especially without a quick moving gap closer, and certainly if they have no ranged poke. Sure, maybe these aren't instant shut down lanes, but it gives the slightly worse player some even footing/the edge over a better player, and if they are both good, yeah counter building does come into play. But, at the end of the day, who is ahead, the swain with the RoA, or the swain who built the negatron against the leblanc?