Talk:Malphite/@comment-5557556-20140119230424/@comment-5489694-20140130052951

1. There is a limitation on the amount of champions that can be banned.

2. People generally ban champions they hate playing against (aka annoying) or champions that have an aspect to their kit that's extremely strong (aka broken/op). Malphite doesn't really fall in to either category.

3. Champions fall in and out of favor, that's how the game has always been. AP Sion used to be more popular than Kassadin but when's the last time you saw someone play Sion AD or AP? Malphite isn't that mobile, mobility is a really popular thing, this factor has aided in Malphite becoming less popular.

4. "Forgotten" champions aren't "forgotten" because they magically became weak. Typically a champion or item is released, nerfed, buffed and causes a shift towards other champions that better suite the changes that had occured. Kayle and Kennen are champions who are regularly "forgotten" and "remembered" for no apparent reason, it's just the nature of the FOTM train.

The FOTM train keeps chugging along. Champions get on and get off all the time; some ride for a long time ending up in another state before walking out on to the platform, while others only need to get to the next town over. The majority of The League is going to take a ride or two on the FOTM train at some point, and every rider has to get off at "Fogotten Station" some day. Malphite's gotten off the train but that doesn't mean he can't buy another ticket.