Malphite Tank?

[quote=nomad93]So when i have been playing malphite lately and when i pick him everyone else goes dps and when i say malphite isnt a great tank and we need a tank they all they call me stupid and say im wrong he is. Then they ask why i stack armor, and they dont believe its for dps -.- Malphite is a tough which people seem to confuse with tank but is not. Am i the only one going crazy? . All i need is a little reassurance that im not going crazy.[/quote]

[quote=Scrax][[Malphite]] is an awesome tank. [[Malphite]] is [i]also[/i] a good dps. [[Malphite]] is [i]mainly[/i] a tank though :).[/quote]

[quote=nomad93]i guess i just prefer him as dps/tough. i just dont ever see him holding up with tanks like rammus or shen they always seem to have better survivability then malphite[/quote]

[quote=SixSonatas]Seeing how your ground pound scales with ARMOR, you definitely want to build him as a tank; ultimate is a great initiate, especially with double armor before, ground pound right after for easy combo; shard scales with AP so just leave that be, and the other skill doubles his armor which makes your ground pound that much more damaging. Don't build him DPS, build him tank with MR and focusing moreso on armor to give you more damage.[/quote]

[quote=Scrax]Let's think about [[Malphite]] for a second. He can slow + steal their speed, do nice AoE damage, and [i]ram[/i] into the other team with his ultimate. Great to use to initiate, in the fight, and cleaning up. His passive is awesome, makes him highly durable. But like I said, he can do nasty damage as AP Malph :)[/quote]

[quote=Iratesniper]No, because his [icon=Ground Slam size="15"]deals 60 / 100 / 140 / 180 / 220 (+70% of his Armor) this is his best damage skill besides ult, and his ult already does a lot of dmg, so this goes hand in hand with tanking. Not to mention[icon=Granite Shield size="15"] is powered by 10% of his maximum health. Therefore he is better as a tank.[/quote]

[quote=Scrax]Funny if you build him like a mage nuke, his ult will do ridiculous amounts of damage :D[/quote]

[quote=nand]+1 vote for tank. But even in tank build he can deal tons of damage.[/quote]

[quote=Zeprido]Best played as a tank, although to be honest you are more of a damage soaking initiator.[/quote]

[quote=nomad93]oh i usually go armor malphite sunfire-->boots(usually Mercs for MR bc i get more armor later)--->either GA or Banshee-->Then either more armor or Rilays generally something like that and i do great dps and generally semi-tough[/quote]