Talk:Malphite/@comment-125.60.227.206-20120403104830/@comment-3466579-20120405191854

Well, one effective ap laning build is: a couple of doran's rings and sorcerer's shoes in the very early game to help your mana regen, damage output and tankiness (hp) too; sunfire cape for damage, armor and hp; abyssal scepter, for magic resist and ap and finally you can buy a rylai's. Maybe not the optimal build for malphite, i personally don't think it is, but if you want / need to do some damage and you have another tanky champion in your team, those items work nicely together. And no, building ap is a good way to do damage with malphite, since your q, in the early game, will hit very hard and your ultimate is an unstoppable aoe nuke. In the end, all these discussions prove thet malphite is an amazingly versatile champ, since you can pretty well play him like a full tank, and ad or ap champ too, even if to a lesser extent.