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[2.4b] Malphite Guide - Mountain-meat shield - Malphite support guide

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Patch 2.4b
October 25, 2021 20:56
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Mountain-meat shield - Malphite support guide

Learn how to become an engage monster for your team, as well as surviving laning phase properly with the hardest rock on the rift.

Pros

  • Has good physical defense.
  • Very easy to use ult with a long CC time.
  • Has a rather OK laning phase as he can poke and soak skillshots.
  • Has a funny voice XD

Cons

  • Very ult relient and doesn't offer much without it.
  • His mana can run out quickly if you poke continuesly
  • Has little escape options if he fails his engage.
  • Probably a little dumb...

Malphite Build

Best Build Guide for Malphite

Starting Items
Sapphire Crystal
Core Items
Winter's Approach
Redeeming Enchant
Abyssal Mask
Thornmail
Zeke's Convergence
Sunfire Aegis
For crits and attack speed
Randuin's Omen
Frozen Heart

Item Build Description

Additional information on the items

Some of you might be wondering why on earth we are taking Winter's ApproachWinter's Approach on a MalphiteMalphite . Well, the reason being is both the early lane, and the CDR it will eventually give. Taking Sapphire CrystalSapphire Crystal early will help us poke more in lane without worrying about our mana too much. Also, once this item is complete, you will have ult every team fight, and since MalphiteMalphite is a very ult relient champion, this is very good for him. 

The rest of the items really depend on the situation. Try to think about what the enemy has in store for you, and based on that, buy the items accordingly. Of course, items such as ThornmailThornmail and Sunfire AegisSunfire Aegis are good on malphite in most situations, so don't worry about them too much.

Malphite Runes

Best Runes for Malphite

Keystone
Font of Life
Font of Life
Domination
Weakness
Weakness
Resolve
Second Wind
Second Wind
Inspiration
Pathfinder
Pathfinder

Runes can vary depending on your playstyle, but I find this build the most helpful for me, so feel free to try it yourselfs :)

Skill Order

How to distribute skill points

Granite Shield
Granite Shield - Passive
Seismic Shard
Seismic Shard
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Thunderclap
Thunderclap
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Ground Slam
Ground Slam
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Unstoppable Force
Unstoppable Force
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Summoner Spells

When to take which summoners

Flash
Flash-ult is cool, and you should try it :)
Heal
If you wanna make sure your adc doesn't get killed, it might be good.
Exhaust
Against all-in champion? Take this spell and shut them down.
Ignite
My personal favorite as it allows for easier single-target burst.

Combos

Learn how to maximize the champions potential

Auto Attack
AA
Thunderclap
2nd

ThunderclapThunderclap cancels your auto-attack animation, so use it to perform two quick attack to either destroy wards or hurt enemies.

Unstoppable Force
Ult
Ground Slam
3rd
Seismic Shard
1st
Thunderclap
2nd
Ignite
Ignite

Your all-in combo.

Malphite Matchups & Counters

Detailed information on how to play matchups and counters

Ashe
Easy
Ashe
Soraka
Easy
Soraka
Janna
Medium
Janna
Olaf
Hard
Olaf
Vayne
Hard
Vayne
Fiora
Hard
Fiora

She is rather easy to bully on lane.

Malphite

How to be rock-solid

1. Seismic ShardSeismic Shard gives you bonus movement speed. Use it to disengage fights as well as get into them.

2. NEVER use your ult before the first drake, even at the cost of your life. Remember that its the only thing that makes you viable. 

3.People are generally afraid of facing MalphiteMalphite when his team is nearby, so don't be too afraid to face check.

4. Try to catch as many people as possible with your ult - this is your only form of CC.

5.Remember that your ult can go over walls.

6. Keep yourself hard and thick-skinned, even if you are playing with inexperienced players :)

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