Talk:Malphite/@comment-3543846-20110815082632/@comment-3477331-20110818142742

He prevents physical dmg with his e and can help his carry with slowing offtanks going for him. When you look at amumu, he only has 0.5s longer cc on his ult, but his ult doesn't stop channeled stuff. Also I'm not quite sure whether you can actually do anything against knockups. He's not all that much superior to malphite. Out of that, saving the carry, isn't that the supports role? For me, the tanks role is more to initiate and take "someone just jumped on us"-punishment.

What can Amumu do (after blowing his Q to get in and using his ult to give his team an advantage) to protect the carry? What can Shen do? He needs his Taunt as initiation and if he ults, he leaves everyone more vulnerable. What can Rammus do? He usually makes a dangerous enemy defenseless with his e, but that's all. Galio blows his ult, probably also his w on himself, not much more he can do. Leona has so much cc, she can probably still help the carry after initiating, but she has a bad Aoe disable (1 stunned, 2 slowed, not that good imo). Singed puts one guy in a bad position. He can slow... But if someone decides to jump on the carry after singed flinged someone...

Supports should save their cc for the carry/s. Soraka can lolheal and Silence. Taric can stun and heal. Janna can knock up, slow, knock back and shield. Sona can heal, speed up, stun and possibly lower the enemies dmg/slow them. Zilean can lolslow them, give his carry a second life, speed him up. (Karma can slow, speed up, shield, heal and maybe even burst the enemy down.)