Talk:Malphite/@comment-24221336-20140615103117/@comment-5544574-20140615111759

It was (and technically, still is) a pretty decent thing but he works best with coordinated teams. If you look at his kit, in a full rotation he churns out just under 900 damage with R > E > Q onto one target plus 180% AP.

If I was to play Malphite mid and make him perform consisently well I'll build him as a mix of damage and tankiness, kind of like denying the enemy laner to snowball. Malphite's shield denies good harass damage akin to Yasuo and his Q is the perfect lane poke tool. I daresay he's quite viable, but Malphite isn't exactly in the spotlight now so it's not a very common thing.