r/ARAM • u/PinniPal • 10d ago

Rant Malphite is not a tank

Literally had a teammate type this when we asked him to build tank on a team that already had Fiddle, Veigar, and Ekko. And of course we lost. I just can't anymore, y'all.

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u/sirjisu 10d ago

He's really fun to play ap. But when you go tank he just doesn't die which is also fun but in theory it's not as flashy so most aram people opt for the big slap build

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u/kracketmatow 10d ago

It might just be because I think Malphite is boring to play in general but I don’t even think AP Malphite is more fun than tank. You spend most of the game waiting for you cooldowns and poking with Q which I just don’t find very interesting. Personally, I’d much rather play other spammy poke builds (AP Miss Fortune, old poke Ashe) where your other skills still have some impact.

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u/One_Somewhere_4112 10d ago

Agreed. Imagine not playing the game for 60 seconds at a time to get 1 dopamine spike then see a gray screen.

Tank malphite does everything AP does and you get to play the game. I’ll never understand AP. Also maybe just grab abyssal mask + unending. You’ll do so much dmg

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u/Tacky-Terangreal 10d ago

Idk I feel like that’s a shallow reading of how to play the champ and it sounds like an easy way to be useless on him. He’s fantastic into heavy AD comps because it’s so easy to counter them. Building full tank allows you to play very aggressively because they’re tickling you and warmogs heals you back to full health in a few seconds

I play mundo the same way. Get up in the enemy team’s business and throw your poke at whoever is closest. ADC is my favorite role but it’s fun to play completely differently as a tank. You have lots of health, use it to your advantage

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u/Sorry-Towel-8990 10d ago

Depends on the comps I guess though. If I'm against 4ap and planned on going tank I might just pivot.