Seismic Shard is what allows Malphite to have lane presence as well as helping him not be endlessly kited. Other Notes: Has a 7 second cooldown, and a 0.6 ability power ratio. Rank 4: Deals 220 magic damage, steals 23% movement speed, and costs 85 mana.Rank 5: Deals 270 magic damage, steals 26% movement speed, and costs 90 mana. Rank 3: Deals 170 magic damage, steals 20% movement speed, and costs 80 mana.

Rank 2: Deals 120 magic damage, steals 17% movement speed, and costs 75 mana. Rank 1: Deals 70 magic damage, steals 14% movement speed, and costs 70 mana. (Active) - Malphite throws a shard at the enemy, stealing movement speed and dealing magic damage upon reaching the target. Doing this will generally result in a lane victory, especially if the opponent is a squishy champion. Along with the fact that you only have one ranged ability early game on quite a long cooldown, your opponent will try to exploit this, so make sure once your shield has been removed, you play passively until it comes up again and then continue to harass. But be careful, after the shield has been removed, you have to not take damage for 12 seconds for the buff to reappear. This helps establish early game dominance. While the buff is up, it makes trading damage with your lane opponent an almost guaranteed victory for Malphite. Refreshes after 12 seconds of not taking any damage.ДЄlong with his (Q) ability, Seismic Shard, Granite Shield makes Malphite a great 1v1 laner.

Abilities Granite Shield (Passive) Granite ShieldДЄbsorbs damage up to 10% of Malphite's maximum health. Malphite is best suited when the enemy team has a lot of physical damage champions. By building Malphite with tanky items, you become very hard to kill while also doing good damage to boot. Combining the allotment of abilities given to him, he is able to slow enemy champions' movement speed, slow enemy's attack speed, and throw enemies up in the air. Malphite is a champion that excels at durability, lane domination, and initiation.

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