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Recommended Items
Runes: Into Tanks/Bruisers (Snowball+cheese runes)
1
2
3
Resolve
Inspiration
+10% Attack Speed
+6 Armor
+6 Armor
Spells:
1
2
Standard
Flash
Teleport
Items
Ability Order w/ grasp into standard mathcup
1
2
3
Granite Shield (PASSIVE)
Malphite Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Sylas
this is death. say goodbye.
Miss Fortune
with decent coordination, you can guarentee a full channeled MF ult which can almost always 100-0 someone.
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Miss Fortune
with decent coordination, you can guarentee a full channeled MF ult which can almost always 100-0 someone.
Champion Build Guide
Prequel to the Sequel
Howdy gamers, I'm boc and I was a Coach with Cloud9 for 2 years. Now, I'm the Coaching Manager for C9's performance partner, FITGMR! This is the build I take into SOLOQ with an 88% winrate. Malph is a formerly underappreciated tank that fits into almost any comp and provides great engagement as well as a solid frontline. He is very ALSO straightforward which also makes him easy to pick up, BUT has some surprising amount of depth where you can use your own unique playstyle to pilot him how you prefer (; |
Build Summary
You are here to slap people around.
W max + Iceborn + Grasp + Attack Speed Runes = the tankiest duelist on the rift.
Grasp procs help you win early trades and stay in lane, and after you pick up early kill participation, the inspiration helps you get through rough matchups and sustain high mana costs.
Comet poke comes online after you have 2-3 points in Q (At levels 4 or 5) and can very easily net you some kills as people totally disrespect your damage. This can either be done with the iceborn buildpath if you need more armor/utility OR the Rod buildpath if your team lacks AP.
I've expirimented with other secondary trees, such as domination for Ultimate Hunter or precision for alacrity, but while it CAN work, it's much safer to just go inspiration and get through your weak early laning and giving your cosmic insight for the summoner spell Cooldown on Flash for your engages and TP for your wave management/macro lategame
Situational / Non core items as well as breakdowns on each matchup are listed here as well. Let me know if i forgot one!
W max + Iceborn + Grasp + Attack Speed Runes = the tankiest duelist on the rift.
Grasp procs help you win early trades and stay in lane, and after you pick up early kill participation, the inspiration helps you get through rough matchups and sustain high mana costs.
Comet poke comes online after you have 2-3 points in Q (At levels 4 or 5) and can very easily net you some kills as people totally disrespect your damage. This can either be done with the iceborn buildpath if you need more armor/utility OR the Rod buildpath if your team lacks AP.
I've expirimented with other secondary trees, such as domination for Ultimate Hunter or precision for alacrity, but while it CAN work, it's much safer to just go inspiration and get through your weak early laning and giving your cosmic insight for the summoner spell Cooldown on Flash for your engages and TP for your wave management/macro lategame
Situational / Non core items as well as breakdowns on each matchup are listed here as well. Let me know if i forgot one!
Pros / Cons
Pros
+ Constant Threat to enemy backline + Spikes HARD at first item + Almost guaranteed win if into all AD comp + AOE abilities = ez to farm and push with + Simple and straightforward abilities Survive until you have your Sunfire + Iceborn. After that it is smooth sailing into almost every matchup. If you hit a 4 or 5 man ultimate, you are almost guaranteed to win the teamfight. It is important to pickup early wards to drop in the river to prevent ganks setting you too far behind. |
Cons
- Weak early into many matchups - Easy to gank if overextended pre-6 - If ult is down, no hard CC - Does poorly into AP matchups - Cannot solo carry if team is behind UNLESS full AP Gets bullied by ranged matchups before he gets items. Can be very easy to gank after his ult or flash has been burned. Does not do nearly as well into heavy AP comps. Sometimes necessary to sacrifice CS early to stay in the game. Waveclear before being able to max W/E or get bami's is also a bit rough |
Spells
Masteries
- Grasp: Synergizes well with your kit/ only good tank mastery on malph
- Demolish: Tower plate gold after you solo kill your laner :^)
- Conditioning: buffs your resistances past 12min
- Overgrowth: more HP = OP
- Biscuit Delivery: Lane sustain pt1.
- Cosmic Insight: Reduced summoner spell CD = free LP
Items
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These are your boots of choice in 80% of your matchups. They synergize well with your passive, W, and with iceborn. |
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The bread and butter of this build. Provides a larger AOE slow that scales in size based on armor. also gives more dmg with sheen passive |
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Handsfree farming + built in auto trading in 1 item = a REAL good time. provides good survivability early with just bami's |
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Gives all your abilities (and your teammates!) a slight bump in dmg w/ it's MR shred and provides more CDR as well as resists against any AP threats |
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This item was made for malphite (and rammus) Perfect synergy with every aspect of your champion and build |
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THE PREMIERE CASS/SINGED/ANIVIA/ANY AP CHAMP IN THE GAME COUNTER. *Build only in certain situations* |
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More innate tankiness and the ability to recover after disengaging a poor fight. CDR is also nice |
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Sacrificing HP for more utility. The mana it gives is nice, but not necessary, consider building into heavy AD teams that AA a lot. (Jax, Trynd, AD mids) |
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Good situational buy into teams with high attack speed or crit |
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Great 1st item when you need early MR and/or can't utilize Iceborn fully due to the lane matchup. |
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Decent sustain and solves all your mana problems. Consider building if your team lacks an AP threat or you can bully HARD with Q poke but can't trade with other abilities due to the matchup. |
Teamfight Stuff
The End
This is the first guide I've ever made, so all feedback is welcome! If you like it and would like to see more, let me know what champs I should do next!
Also, make sure to check out my Twitch where I stream from time to time OR on Metafy where I do coaching!
Thank you and have a blessed day/night <3
I also do FREE OPGG reviews and coaching upon request, feel free to ask whatever questions you would like~ Just DM me on twitch!
www.twitch.tv/bocc
Also, make sure to check out my Twitch where I stream from time to time OR on Metafy where I do coaching!
Thank you and have a blessed day/night <3
I also do FREE OPGG reviews and coaching upon request, feel free to ask whatever questions you would like~ Just DM me on twitch!
www.twitch.tv/bocc
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