Talk:Malphite/@comment-78.8.202.91-20120727140739/@comment-70.122.82.156-20120728032534

Armor stacking malphite jungle never really was all that great early anyways and as early sets the tone for the entire game, it was never truely viable now with the nerfs to his e, it sucks.

However, malphite can still be used as a viable jungle. While you would still start with e to mitigate damage his w is one of the stongest ad steroids in the game. With his high base damage just run attack speed marks and you'll see a world of difference also, movespeed quints will improve his ganking dramatically. You will likely want to build:

philo first to

boots

then one damage item, recently I've become a fan of guinsoo's rageblade due to its extreem cost efficiency (this is where you'll get your clearspeed. Wriggles will work but it doesn't take advantage of his w to the same extent as just grabbing a pickaxe would and rageblade will also boost your burst during ganks)

then build giants belt or teir 2 boots (if you're having trouble build HoG, while other items boost your clearspeed or your ganking success by more than the gp10 if you are getting counter jungled hard, you can't pull off ganks, you just are not all that confident or you plan to build it into something latter, it's a good pick. Basically it's a good item but not always necessary)

t2 boots if you don't have them yet

Build giants belt into something, honestly they all work on malph just build situationally

From this point on it's even more situational, take atma's once you're past 1350hp or so for increased damage and armor, abyssal for mr and increased burst etc. just keep in mind if you need to be the tank or can go bruiser, also what form of damage your enemies have itemized against, who's fed, what kind of damage your team needs or if they just need a damage sponge.

Because of his flexible build options, malphite can fill the gaps in most teams so he's quite viable, just not as a pure armor tank and he never really was that anyways despite its popularity....