Talk:Malphite/@comment-217.210.251.18-20120323190250/@comment-81.231.245.98-20120323212902

replace thornmail with wardens mail. (thornmail suck as an item, it does NOTHING that another item can't do better.) I wouldn't grab a FoN, I would pick up an aegis afterwards, your shield is plenty enough against burst damage. Then I would get randuins and some spellvamp (WotA, if there is already 2 of these in your team, grab something else) now you will have good health armor and some decent mr. So you simply expand from here. Also, get the boots that give the defense stat that you need against the enemy top, just don't look at the enemy team so much when deciding the boots. The top laner is the one you will battle the most.

I WOULD buy a glacial if enemy top is AD as it actually works wonders.

I would take magic red, as you will rely on your spells for the most part in lane, and if you don't do good in lane, your mid-late will most likely SUCK. yellows armor, blues mr/lv and quints what you want, I go with movement speed as it stacks nicely with malph.

Hope that helped :)