User blog comment:Leyrann/Hard counters./@comment-65.184.250.39-20120731072421/@comment-4834593-20120731095630

Malphite has 8 second cooldown on his Q. Sivir has 22 second cooldown on her E. She can shield at most half of them.

An AD carry can dodge Urgot's E, and farm on behind his minions.

If Malphite does not build armor, but something like Rod of Ages (there is only one AP + armor item and that's Zhonya's, I don't think many Malphites start with it), this physical damage dealer will bring him in a lot of trouble if played well. Mostly someone like Fiora. Before Malphite buys decent armor, she wins the lane. I've seen it myself.

And the Swain with the Negatron would be ahead, because it will give more effective health, he can buy damage with this Negatron too (Negatron is far cheaper than RoA). This means that LeBlanc cant feed herself on him, he'd just fight back and kill her because she's so squishy, and LeBlanc would be worthless because she can't farm well, while Swain might not be fed, might have a bit less than he wanted, but he's far more useful than LeBlanc.